employment law

Employee Wins £164,000 Injury at Work Claim

August 17, 2012

An engineer working for a major global telecoms company has recently secured £164,000 following an accident which happened at work. The engineer, who is 66 years of age, was injured when he fell through a roof while in the process of installing CCTV cameras in a building near Liverpool Lime Street station. A fracture to […]

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Confirmed Changes to Employment Law – Are They Fair?

August 14, 2012

Vince Cable, the UK’s Business Secretary along with other Cabinet members of the Government and business experts have been working hard to attempt to reform the current employment law which stands in the UK. They are trying to reduce the cost to the taxpayer and business owners and make the system fairer and more effective […]

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Wrongful Termination: A Growing Problem in Many Areas

August 13, 2012

(US employment law) It’s unpleasant to think about being fired, but it happens. What if you don’t think your employer had a valid reason to terminate you? It’s happening more often, as employers look for ways to cut their workforce and save money. Some experts estimate that 250,000 people are fired illegally or unjustly each […]

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10 secrets to winning an unfair dismissal claim

July 31, 2012

Redmans Solicitors are specialist no win no fee unfair dismissal solicitors and represent clients in the Employment Tribunal on a regular basis. The top 10 secrets to winning an unfair dismissal claim: Educate yourself on the law relating to unfair dismissal Pick the right specialist unfair dismissal solicitor Create your witness statement early See if […]

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Setting up in competition with your employer – guidelines for employees

July 20, 2012

The recent cases of Khan & Anor v Landsker Child Care Ltd and Ranson v Customer Systems plc highlight a potentially complex yet important area of law – whether and in what circumstances employees can plan to set up a business in competition with their employer. This post will therefore address 4 areas: What restrictions are there […]

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Necessity of filling up the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form

July 15, 2012

(US Law) I-9 is a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services form that gets used by the employers for verification of the identities of existing and recently recruited employees. Thus through this form, it gets determined if the person working for your company or is going to work in your organization is eligible or not. […]

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GMB Launches Compensation Claim for Blacklisted Workers

July 11, 2012

A workers union is taking legal action in order to seek compensation on behalf of workers which it claims have been unfairly blacklisted by one of the UK’s largest companies. The compensation claim could mean thousands win compensation if the union wins. The GMB has announced the accusations against the services giant, Carillion, stating that […]

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Benefits of Hiring a Discrimination Lawyer

July 7, 2012

Do you feel that you have been discriminated against? Unfortunately, there are situations, wherein a layman can never make out whether whatever he thinks is unfair is actually just unfair or illegal. This is a complex question and only a professional, such as discrimination lawyer can answer it. Laws across the globe are very strict […]

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The fiduciary duties of directors (and when they can apply to employees)

July 6, 2012

This post was submitted by Direct 2 Lawyers, a trading name of Redmans Solicitors, offering no win no fee unfair dismissal representation. The case of Ranson v Customer Systems Plc [2012] EWCA Civ 841, handed down last week from the Court of Appeal, provides a useful reminder as to the various obligations that directors and employees […]

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HSE Publishes Increase in Fatal Workplace Personal Injuries

June 12, 2012

Figures recently published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have indicated a rise in the number of fatal personal injuries in the workplace. The figure for the years 2009 to 2010 totals 147 workplace fatal personal injuries while the final figures for 2010 to 2011 stand at 171, representing an increase of over 16%. […]

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