Legal advice

Illegal working: Why small businesses should question Home Office fines

Small businesses targeted by immigration enforcement face fines of up to £20,000 per illegal worker, but businesses have grounds to challenge the penalty, explains Anne Morris.

Legal advice

Employment tribunal: How to navigate the process

For employers and particularly SMEs, there is still some cause for concern and a need for increased awareness around the risks when dismissing individuals, Andy Shettle argues.

Legal advice

Employment law areas to watch in 2018

Here, ELAS employment law consultant, Enrique Garcia, takes a look at the employment law areas to watch in the year ahead.

Employing & managing staff

The consequence of illegal working for your business

In this piece, Gemma Goodhead, head of immigration at SA Law, explains why it's critical to check the right to work of your employees.

Law

Business owners are baffled by employment law jargon

New research suggests that more than half of business owners don’t know their employment law jargon.

Legal advice

When poor performance becomes a legal issue: what do you do?

Here, Asif Robbani, LLB(Hons) LLM, director of Francis George Solicitor Advocate, discusses the legal issues of poor performance at work.