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Employment and HR

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27th February 2024

Changes to Holiday Pay

On 1 January 2024, the government amended the holiday provisions in the Working Time Regulations and has published guidance on calculating holiday entitlement and holiday pay with a…

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Carer’s leave

The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 will provide a new statutory right for all employees from the first day of their employment to one week of unpaid leave each…

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Enhanced Protection from Redundancy for Employees on Maternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental Leave

From 6 April 2024, draft Regulations extend further the current right of employees on maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave who are at risk of redundancy, to be…

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Updates to the Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (EAAR) seeks to codify a number of important EU derived equality rights, which otherwise would fall away from 1 January 2024,…

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Employment Law Developments: What to expect in 2024

Last year saw some significant employment law developments and this year promises to be just as eventful. Having welcomed in another year, we outline some significant legislative developments…

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News

4th October 2023

The Legal 500 2024 results

Ellisons Solicitors is once again delighted to have been recommended within the Legal 500 directory. The firm received notable mentions within the following practice areas: Commercial Property, Corporate and Commercial, Employment, Immigration,…

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Case Study

5th September 2023

Ellisons Solicitors advises on the sale of Pallet Plus Ltd

Ellisons’ Corporate team were delighted to advise Gary and Arlene Rowe in connection with the sale of their company, Pallet Plus Ltd. Established in 2005 and based in…

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Insights

3rd August 2023

Flexible working – is it still working?

In a recent survey by the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD), it was revealed 83% of organisations have hybrid working in place. Yet despite this, less than…

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Insights

15th June 2023

The importance of the Effective Date of Termination when bringing an unfair dismissal claim

Unfair dismissals and the time limit to bring a claim In order to bring a claim for unfair dismissal, an employee must have been "dismissed" and this happens…

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Proposed reform of non-compete clauses

On 24 April 2016, the Government announced that it would investigate to what extent post termination restrictive covenants stifle innovation and entrepreneurship, following The Social Market Foundation (a…

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