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Every workplace faces challenges. Whether it’s managing staff issues, handling disputes, or keeping up with changing laws, you need practical solutions that work. Common Workplace Challenges and Our Solutions Managing Staff Disputes Arguments between staff members can hurt your business if not handled properly. We help you deal with these situations quickly and fairly, keeping […]
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UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has recently published service standards for waiting times for decisions on visa and immigration applications. Here, we look at UK Visa Processing and Decision Waiting Times, including the Home Office service standards for waiting times, current Home Office visa processing times, options for securing a faster decision on a visa […]
To apply for a skilled worker visa, an applicant must meet the English language requirement. The way in which an applicant can satisfy this requirement will depend on their circumstances. Here, we discuss the English Language requirement test when applying for a visa to work in the UK. Awarded a degree taught in English Where […]
For some business owners, hiring foreign workers is almost essential due to the nature or requirements of their business. Whatever your pre-requisite for employing someone from outside the UK, you must be mindful of certain rules and requirements that foreign workers need to adhere to if they want to work in the UK. Is your […]
For all employers, a legally sound, comprehensive employment contract is essential – not just for legal compliance but also to ensure employer and employee alike understand what is required of them, right from the start of the relationship. Whereas a staff handbook is a written summary of the standards of behaviour expected of your employees. […]
Recently, the BBC spent £500,000 defending an unfair dismissal claim against its former chief technology officer, after being offered to settle the case for £50,000. The sum of almost £500,00 did not include damages paid to the claimant, which were reported to be nearly £80,000. Here, we look at the key things an Employer should […]
The High Potential Individual (“HPI”) visa is one of several new immigration routes introduced by the Home Office this year. It is designed to attract “the brightest and best” to the UK, the HPI visa appears to form part of the Government’s wider plan to deliver an ‘elite points-based system’, as announced in their ‘Build […]
On 11 April 2022, the new Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes went live and aim to provide new solutions for overseas businesses seeking to establish a presence in, or moving staff to, the UK. In this post, we look at The new Global Mobility Routes are now live – what has changed? What are the […]
There are a number of key changes to right-to-work checks coming into force on 6 April 2022, which we will seek to explain and explore in this blog post. What are right-to-work checks? Freedom of movement between the UK and the EU has now ended and the UK has introduced a new immigration system. As […]
Last week, P&O Ferries hit the headlines when they dismissed 800 employees with no prior warning. As staff staged sit-ins on the company’s boats, with the backing of their trade unions, experts cast doubts over the legality of P&O’s plot to replace them with cheaper agency workers. The affair could potentially cost P&O “hundreds of […]
Employees and workers begin to accrue holiday leave and pay as soon as they commence work. However, the terms on which an individual is engaged by an organisation, will affect how much leave, and therefore pay, they would be entitled to. In this post, we explore the topic of calculating holiday pay correctly. Statutory Entitlement […]
