Welcome to our second Newsletter of 2021. We’re keeping everything crossed that this is the start of better times ahead with Government Roadmap setting out how we’ll emerge from the constraints of lockdown 3.0.and a successful vaccination roll-out. In this issue we’ll cover the extension of the furlough scheme (again!) and we’ll update you on…
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Welcome to our first Newsletter of 2021.  Sadly Lockdown 3.0 is not the start to the New Year we were all hoping for. Although we can’t offer any great solutions to the general gloom, we can at least help keep you up to date with HR/employment law news. The Government has extended furlough again, this…
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As we rapidly move towards the end of 2020, a year most of us would like to consign to the dustbin, we bring you our final Newsletter of the year, a ‘bumper issue’ thanks to the further changes to Government guidance on the Covid-19. Hopefully since our last Newsletter you’ve had time to recover from…
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Here we are in the middle of October already.  With the change of seasons, we bid a final farewell to the furlough scheme at the end of this month.  Whilst it remains to be seen how many jobs will be saved by the Government’s replacement ‘Job Support Scheme’, we do know employers will be busy…
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Congratulations, you’ve made it to September!  Many of us feel a milestone has been reached, whether that is a child-free home at last or a full or part return to the office.  So, put the kettle on and pat yourself on the back as you browse this month’s Newsletter for the latest employment law developments…
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Summer has arrived and although it’s a different sort of holiday period this year for many of us, we hope you’re getting a chance to stop for a while and take stock. We’re combining the July and August editions of our newsletter this issue but will be back to a monthly version from September. A…
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As we start the long journey back to ‘normal’, we hope June finds you well and still smiling in what is ‘National Smile Month’?  We know that those of you in the  HR/Employment law sphere are finding the re-opening of workplaces particularly challenging currently.  We aim to help you manage this with guidance in this…
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It’s May and we hope the warmer, sunnier days are helping with the ‘new normal’ and are having a positive impact on you and all your staff.  We hope that our unavoidable focus on the workplace implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19) does not dampen the spirits, but rather helps to illuminate those issues which have had…
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It’s April and… well what can we say?  It is the most bizarre and unsettling of times, and you won’t be surprised that our headline news has to be the effect of Coronavirus on employment and HR, even if you are, by now, probably rather tired of hearing about it! We look at its impact…
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Welcome to the new look Menzies Law newsletter!  We felt it was time for a spring clean and we hope you like it.  Feedback always welcome… It’s been a busy start to 2020 for the Menzies team with a very varied caseload and equally diverse clients.  We’ve also been delivering lots of legal training since…
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