Employment law and compliance insights for HR professionals and business leaders. Articles covering legal updates, government policy changes, regulatory requirements and practical guidance to help you manage risk and support employees confidently.

A New Deal for Working People – a new era for employment law.

We look at some of the key employment law reforms outlined in Labour’s New Deal for Working People. Our latest blog looks at a few of the proposed changes, including bans on zero-hour contracts and enhanced protections against unfair dismissal. Understand the benefits and challenges for both workers and employers. Join our HR forum to keep informed.

The National Living Wage – why employers may feel their pockets are being picked

Picking the employer’s pocket? Why the latest increase in the National Living Wage is a new challenge for so many employers. The unreformed [...]

Webinar – Employment law update – April 2022

If you are a business owner or HR professional, it is imperative that you stay ahead of any changes so that you can effectively manage your workforce, but sometimes this can feel difficult when you’re already busy running your business. Our employment law specialist, Mike Cole will be hosting this session, where he will look at the predicted key changes within the law that we can expect within the coming year.

What is flexible working & how employers can manage flexible working requests

Established in 2018 and now extended through until next year, the Government’s task force, aptly named the Flexible Working Task Force has been [...]

Webinar – Employment law update – April 2021

Mike Cole, Partner at Penningtons Manches LLP, will share a comprehensive update to help us be ready for our return to the workplace, along with a summary and review of new case law and changes in legislation.

Redundancies and furlough… what’s new? Thursday 26th Nov 2020

The Recruitment Consultancy once again welcomes Mike Cole, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP on Thursday 26th November for a new webinar. Mike provided an update on [...]

Redundancy facts for Employers Thursday 10th Sept 2020

As the furlough scheme is wound down, employers are unfortunately having to consider whether they can afford to continue to employ all of their [...]

Employment law update – the thorny issues of Furlough

Michael Cole | Partner | Penningtons Manches Coopers LLP Do you need more information on how the Furlough Scheme will be run down or [...]

Furlough – The update – online workshop – Friday 12th June 2020

Michael Cole | Partner | Penningtons Manches Coopers LLP The Chancellor has now announced how the Furlough Scheme will be rundown, and when this will [...]

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