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Legal 500 success
Endeavour Partnership has again retained its top tier status in the Legal 500
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The National Minimum Wage increases on Wednesday 1st October
From 1 October 2014, the rate of National Minimum Wage (NMW) for employees will rise as follows:
Posted in:Employment Law
Disciplinary procedure: increasing sanctions
A Court of Appeal decision confirms that where an employer has set out a formal contractual disciplinary procedure, it is bound by the terms of that procedure. In this case the employee had appealed against the imposition of a written warning and the employer contemplated increasing the severity of that sanction, which would lead to […]
Posted in:Employment Law
Redundancy and disability discrimination: making reasonable adjustments
Employers considering a business reorganisation should take note of an EAT decision which held that an employer failed in its duty to make reasonable adjustments when it did not adjust certain redundancy criteria that placed a disabled employee at a substantial disadvantage. This was despite the fact that the failure would have made no difference […]
Posted in:Employment Law
Age discrimination: objective justification
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that as at 31st December 2006 a law firm’s mandatory retirement age of 65 for partners was a proportionate means of achieving the legitimate aims of workforce planning and staff retention. The retirement age was objectively justified and did not amount to direct age […]
Posted in:Employment Law
Restrictive covenants in employment contracts
A Court of Appeal decision provides a stark reminder that restrictive covenants must be carefully thought through and worded, with rigorous consideration given to the underlying intention and drafting of the clause. The Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s decision to read words into a non-compete covenant and held that the only intepretation available […]
Posted in:Employment Law
New office address
From 6th October 2014, Endeavour Partnership can be contacted at Tobias House St Mark’s Court Teesdale Business Park TS17 6QW
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Endeavour on the move
Endeavour Partnership has signed the lease on new offices on Teesdale Business Park where it will be moving in October 2014.
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Sign up for our next employment law seminars on ‘atypical’ working
Our autumn employment law seminars are on the subject of ‘atypical working’. We are hosting two events – one on Wednesday 15th October at The Wynyard Rooms and the second on Tuesday 21st October at the Wilton Centre. Click onto the links for further information.
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Business rates liability for empty properties
The High Court has clarified who is responsible for business rates following disclaimer of a lease. The court held that a landlord (as freehold owner) was liable to pay business rates for an empty property following disclaimer of the tenant’s lease. The landlord had an immediate right to possession even though it had not physically […]
Posted in:Commercial Property