DC Employment Solicitors is pleased to invite you to our FREE Employment Law Breakfast Briefing at 8am on Wednesday 1st May 2019 in the Hilton at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton. Worker? Employee? Or something else? When the courts find that: a...
Welcome The Sunday Times recently reported on some unintended consequences of the “Me Too” campaign. Following the stream of allegations and convictions concerning discrimination and harassment in the workplace, men are now apparently frightened...
As you are probably aware, a huge portion of the UK’s employment law comes from the EU including discrimination rights, transfer of undertakings information, family leave, working time regulations and duties to agency workers. In the White Paper...
A common misconception is that employees with less than 2 years’ service do not have the right to make a claim for ordinary unfair dismissal and therefore that the only potential claims from such employees are discrimination claims. There are in...
Welcome February brings our second Employment Update of the year. We’ve seen off the first month of the year and its accompanying horror – ‘Dry January’. It’s not so much the act of people not having an alcoholic drink for...
Many of you will no doubt be aware of the ongoing litigation concerning “employment status” which has in recent times become synonymous with large organisations such as Uber, Pimlico Plumbers and, more recently, the World Champion cyclist Jess...
The recent case of Stefanko and others v Maritime Hotel Ltd in the Employment Appeal Tribunal prompted me to write this short article to remind employers about the importance of issuing employees with (at the very least) with a ‘written statement...
Welcome Happy New Year to you all! This employment law update has, in the past, been described as both “mildly amusing” and “reasonably informative” – we’ll take that. But unfortunately, the description “sporadic” has crept into the picture...
Top cyclist’s dispute and new legislation could transform workers’ rights, says Hampshire lawyer A high-profile legal action by the Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish could have ground-breaking implications for many workplaces, according to a Hampshire...
The current case brought by former Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish in the Employment Tribunal (currently in progress) has again raised the question of whether one of sports’ employers or governing bodies (in this case, British Cycling and UK Sport)...
Employers are more likely than ever to be faced with defending legal claims from disgruntled staff, a Hampshire business seminar has heard… Click here to view the full article
A recent press release by Deep South Media: “A specialist Hampshire law firm is celebrating its second major company success of the autumn. Just weeks after launching its innovative fixed-fee Enhance service for business clients, DC...
