We’re hoping this Newsletter reaches you at the same time as some much-needed signs of Spring! After a long Winter we’re sure you are as keen to see some sunshine and colour as we are. As you’ll know, it’s that time of year for new statutory rate increases.  We’ll update you on those in this…
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Welcome to our final Newsletter of 2021.  It’s a bumper edition which we hope you get to absorb over a mince pie or two. It’s good to know that the Government is busy again on projects other than Covid and furlough.  This issue we share details on the consultation proposing to make flexible working a…
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Welcome to September!  We sincerely hope you managed a break this summer and you are feeling refreshed and able to handle whatever the Autumn throws at you? Following the lifting of Covid restrictions in July, many businesses are hoping that their staff will return to the office over the next month or two. To help…
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Welcome to our fourth Newsletter of the year.  Following the lifting of restrictions on 19th July we have mixed emotions about the path ahead.  Over the last few weeks most of the Menzies Law team have been subject to a series of isolations and we won’t be alone, many of you will be dealing with…
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Welcome to our third – and bumper issue of 2021.  You’ll need a large cup of something for this one!  After a long lockdown we hope you’re enjoying the simple pleasure of meeting up with friends and family again – despite still needing thermal underwear some days to do so! In this issue we update…
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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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