BRIDGE strengthens its team again We are delighted to announce not only our listing as a leading firm in the Legal 500 this year but now a new addition to our specialist team. Alex Millward joins the team as an experienced Charted Legal Executive specialising in employment...
Employers can spend a lot of time recruiting for a role so withdrawing a job offer is generally a last resort but it can be necessary on occasions. Frequent reasons we advise on often include: The requirements of the business have changed; and/or The offer was made conditional...
“Hybrid” working is where employees or workers are not based either full time in the office or full time remotely but a mixture of both. It has gained in popularity following the lockdown, when businesses and employees realised that flexible working was a real possibility...
We are now hosting client HR breakfast briefings for any Managers or HR Managers who would like to share issues and ask questions and in advance to explore. If you are interested in attending these breakfast sessions, please do email us here: admin@bridgeehr.co.uk ...
During 2020, the BEIS opened a consultation on the proposed reform of post-termination non-compete clauses in employment contracts or, as we call them, restrictive covenants. That consultation closed earlier this year and now proposes a number of possible changes, highlighted below: What are restrictive covenants? These are...
A Marketing Director who was dismissed whilst on maternity leave, when she refused to take a lesser role with a pay cut after a restructure where colleagues received no such pay cut, was successfully found to have been discriminated against. Ms Shipp was a senior executive...
Social media has become an innate part of everyday life for many, with employers often struggling to know how best to manage the need to protect their businesses with their staff’s right to “post” opinions and content on their own private media with employees posting...
We are pleased and proud to confirm that our team, and particularly our two Directors, Lee Stephens and Lee Whiting, are named and recommended in the UK Legal 500. This is a great testament to the hard work of our team. The Legal 500 requires...
As a method to encourage vaccination, reduce the risks of transmission and resulting staff absence though isolation and to save the huge sick pay costs incurred by Morrisons, they have implemented a change to terms whereby they will not pay full sick pay to those...
“Fire and Re-hire” as a concept have become buzz words of the pandemic and the use of this tactic has been challenged by Unions and employees, most notably in some high-profile disputes reported in the press, such as BA and British Gas, both of which...