QG NEWS
22/03/2010
Avoiding Bad Debt
It is unfortunate, but inevitable that, when you run a business, at some point you will have to deal with late and non-payers. One complication in recovering debts is when our clients come to us with insufficient information about their non-paying customer to establish the customer’s precise identity and/or legal status.
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18/01/2010
Employment Law in 2010
Looking forward to 2010, the Queen’s speech, which was delivered last month, mentioned a number of employment law measures. The two main ones were reassertions by the Government of previous commitments including the progress of the Equality Bill. This will consolidate all existing discrimination legislation into a single Act. It is also intended to create greater transparency in relation to pay by, for example, banning “pay secrecy” clauses.
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24/08/2009
Avoiding Employee Duvet Days
With the spread of swine flu, sickness absence is going to be a hot topic in the coming months. Although employers should never try to press those with contagious illnesses like flu to come into work, the inconvenience of genuine sickness absence is not normally taken to heart. However, repetitive short term absences can put a considerable strain on staff and can have a significant impact on an employer’s business effiency. It is often more annoying and costly than long term sickness absence because the unexpected nature of such absences makes them more difficult to plan for.
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28/07/2009
Compromise Agreements
Although there has been much talk of the ‘green shoots of recovery’, the problems at General Motors and the threat to the UK’s Vauxhall plants is a reminder that the recession is very much still with us. In such times, redundancies become much more common place.
The use of compromise agreements in redundancy situations is a relatively recent development but is increasingly common as employers seek to ‘soften the blow’ by offering enhanced redundancy packages, or try to speed up the process by perhaps not consulting with employees as thoroughly as they should, or merely seek to prevent employees complaining to a tribunal of unfair dismissal or anything else after they have been made redundant.
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23/04/2009
Dealing with long term absence
Following the recent ECJ decision on holiday entitlements for those on long term sick leave, more employers than ever are considering terminating the employment of those who are incapable of working by reason of ill health. Although such situations are difficult for all concerned, it is perfectly possible to terminate employment in such circumstances. However, Tribunals have emphasized that the employer’s approach should be based upon “sympathy, understanding and compassion”.
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30/01/2009
Information Overload
Recruitment has long been an involved and complex process, as Employers endeavour to ensure that their investigations into a potential recruit do not fall foul of the law. Whereas, traditionally, information about applicants would be gathered through a CV, questioning and references, there are now other avenues through which employers can get information. In this month’s bulletin Hazel Phillips from Quality Guild member Burnetts Solicitors look at some recent developments concerning the information that is available to employers, along with the potential pitfalls of using it.
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02/12/2008
Update of Companies Act
Update on Implementation of Companies Act 2006
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02/10/2008
Malcolm Wilson wins IOD Director of the Year Award
M-Sport Ltd Managing Director Malcolm Wilson and Quality Guild member has been crowned the 2008 Cumbrian Director of the Year during the Institute of Directors (IoD) North West region Awards Ceremony.
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10/07/2008
Scammers Pretend to be HMRC
Be wary that there is a scam going on whereby the scammers pretend to be HMRC and send e mails out to individuals telling them that they are due a small tax repayment.
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14/06/2008
Inheritance Tax
Many people do not appreciate the importance of making a Will. A Will is an essential means
of ensuring that your assets are distributed in accordance with your wishes after your day,
giving you peace of mind that you have made proper provision for all those people you feel
should benefit.
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