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Local law firm Warner Goodman have beaten their pledge to donate £2,500 to SERV Wessex. The initial £1,000 was made as a donation from the firm, however the final £2,000 was raised from a 22 mile walk 10 members of staff completed on Sunday 29th April.
Mr Cockram participated in a Long Term Incentive Plan offered by Air Products. At age 50 Mr Cockram decided to retire, and at this age he was able to have benefits under the defined benefit pension scheme.
The Equality Act 2010 provides protection against discrimination which relates to certain listed characteristics which people may possess, including disability. Section 6 of the Act defines disability as any physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and a long-term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
According to Francis Goss, chief commercial officer at consultancy AHC, employees, especially younger workers, do not understand their pension rights and could be risking their financial stability in the future.
Barely a day goes by without a local newspaper recording the infringement of a Tree Preservation Order (TPO). These are often accompanied by protestations from the accused claiming they had no idea that a TPO was in place and, more frequently, detailing the fines imposed against them (which can be as high as £20,000). Helen Porter, Partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team, clarifies the position on TPOs as well as offering advice to landowners and developers.
As we edge nearer and nearer to GDPR-Day (25 May 2018) more businesses are questioning their data protection policies and are attempting to overhaul their data protection practices.
The teams at Warner Goodman LLP and Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association are both celebrating this week, after the success of their joint social media campaign during Down Syndrome Awareness Week; the fifth consecutive year Warner Goodman have supported the Portsmouth based charity. During the week, which ran from Monday 19th March to Sunday 25th March, the law firm pledged to donate £1 for every new like to the charity’s Facebook page, up to a total of £2,000.
Ms Brazel was a visiting music teacher at a school run by the Harpur Trust. Employed under a zero hour’s contract, she worked mainly during school term-time, between 32 and 35 weeks a year. The contract provided for her to have 5.6 weeks' annual leave - her statutory entitlement.
An employment contract is a legal agreement between an employee and their employer. There are rules in place relating to changes of any of the terms of the contract. Here we explain how an employer can change an employee’s contract without their consent.
Whether you are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting, splitting up can be an emotional time. If there are children involved, the feelings of hurt and anger can be magnified. However, this is the time when your children need you to be at your most level-headed.
In the case of Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Ms Reilly was head teacher at a primary school, and had failed to disclose her close personal relationship with a man (S), who had been convicted of making indecent images of children.
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (“the Act”) which came into force on 1 October 2015 has been billed as the biggest overhaul of consumer rights in a generation.
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