Disabilities and discrimination claims
Posted By: Julie Leonard
Disabilities and discrimination claims Sometimes when an employee is dismissed they would claim they were discriminated on the grounds of their disability and issue proceedings in the Employment Tribunal on the grounds of Disability Discrimination. However, claimants with...
Can an Employer make unannounced visits to homeworkers?
Posted By: Julie Leonard
Can an Employer make unannounced visits to homeworkers? If an employer suspects that a homeworker is not doing their full day’s work, is it permissible to make unannounced home visits to check that they are working when they should be? It’s not illegal to visit an employee unan...
Economic Recovery Innovation Grant (ERIG)
Posted By: Sarah Burrows
Invest Northern Ireland (INI) has launched the ERIG to support local businesses to develop innovative projects and to encourage progress along Innovate NI’s Innovation Framework. It is aimed to support businesses to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 by helping them develop new or i...
Must employers provide menopause support?
Posted By: Julie Leonard
Must employers provide menopause support? A study released in October 2021 indicates that 54% of businesses “do not currently have any dedicated menopause support” for employees. From a legal perspective, there’s no specific support that you must provide but menopause is being cit...
NEW Northern Ireland Code of Good Governance
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
NEW Northern Ireland Code of Good Governance (3rd Edition) for voluntary and community organisations and charities We are pleased to see that the 3rd edition Code of Good Governance was launched by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland during Trustees Week in November. This Code prepare...
#TRUSTEESWEEK – 1-5 November 2021
Posted By: Sarah Burrows
Today marks the start of the annual #TrusteesWeek a time to celebrate charity trustees and all they do and to encourage others to get involved and make a difference. Charity trustees give of their knowledge skills and experience for the good of others. They are volunteers and the lynchpin of good...
Success for Edwards & Co. with top rankings - Chambers UK 2022
Success for Edwards & Co. with top rankings - Chambers UK 2022 We are delighted to announce that, yet again, Edwards & Co. has achieved substantial success in the Chambers Directory of Legal Services which ranks law firms and individual lawyers on their expertise, based mostly...
