Employment Law Update Seminar "Mock Employment Tribunal" - 5th November 2018

Our last Mock Employment Tribunal on 7th June 2018 was an overwhelming success and Partners Employment Lawyers are now delighted to invite you to our next complimentary Afternoon Update to experience the theatre of an Employment Tribunal. The scenario will be based on a real case which we defended and will also feature the original barrister who represented the client at court! Click on the video above for a clip of our most recent Mock Employment Tribunal. Following your feedback, we have incorporated a summing up session to discuss key aspects of the case at the end. We highly encourage…

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Restrictive covenants?

Here are a few points employers should know about restrictive convents: Restrictive covenants are designed to stop a former employee from taking certain actions such as working for a competitor or from poaching/dealing with clients for a period of time. Restrictive covenants have to be very precisely drafted to have a chance at being enforceable. There are concerns that restrictive covenants hinder employees from moving freely to the next employer, so unless they protect a legitimate business interest, they are not enforceable. The only way to find out for certain whether a restrictive covenant is enforceable is by bringing…

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Complimentary Seminar on Workplace Discrimination & Unconscious Bias – 20th September 2018 – Bishopsgate

We are delighted to announce a special event to explore discrimination and unconscious bias in the workplace. Discrimination is a high-risk issue in any workplace, but it is a problem if individuals don’t realise their own unconscious bias may be impacting working relationships. Hina Belitz of Partners Employment Lawyers will be joined by Smita Tharoor of Tharoor Associate to provide you with insight and tools to identify and deal with discrimination and unconscious bias in the workplace. This is a highly interactive session which looks at the legal, ethical and psychological realities as well as practical commercial solutions. For full…

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Is it possible to make a tax-free termination payment under a settlement agreement, if there is no mention of a PILON in the agreement and no PILON clause in the contract?

  The changes to payments in lieu of notice which came into effect on 6th April 2018, effectively mean that where any part of a termination payment relates to notice pay, this is subject to tax and NICs as earnings and is no longer dependent on whether there is a PILON clause in the contract or not. These provisions require employers to split a termination award between amounts treated as earnings (section 402B, ITEPA 2003) and amounts benefitting from the £30,000 exemption (section 403, ITEPA 2003). In other words, employers must treat a slice of a termination award, which reflects…

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Managers making time for feedback

Managers are so overwhelmed with demands that having regular feedback conversations with employees can be hard to fit in. Here we look at how attitudes can be changed to ensure managers make time for feedback. The demands of senior leaders and direct reports (and everything in between) makes the life of a line manager difficult, and extremely busy. With so much going on, not all responsibilities can be met, and most often it is these vital feedback meetings that are pushed aside. Encouraging more feedback conversations is the end goal. By finding a solution for lack of time and emphasising…

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