As a commercial property lawyer, Ian Hylton is regularly faced with the problem of clients not reading their lease and particularly, not following the outlined ‘method of service’. The lease specifies how a notice has to be served and if it…
Employee share schemes, which are used by companies to grant options to buy shares or award shares directly to their employees, can be a key part of an employer’s reward and retention strategy. With the on-going “war for talent”, share…
Earlier this week the long awaited ‘Taylor Review’ of modern working practices was published. The report, now badged as the “Good Work Review”, received a great deal of media coverage, with different broadcasters and commentators choosing to focus on different…
Moorcrofts LLP has advised the shareholders of Teamultra on the company’s sale to Computacenter (UK) Limited. The acquisition provides Computacenter with a dedicated team of ServiceNow accredited experts. Teamultra, established in 2006, is a leading ServiceNow Gold Service partner, specialising…
On 25 May 2018 major changes to the UK’s data protection laws will come into effect. The new regime will bring significant changes and substantial fines for non-compliance, so it is vital that employers prepare themselves well in advance of…
Most employers will be familiar with the fact that the start of the new fiscal year usually brings with it an increase to many of the statutory rates and limits which apply to various employee benefits and entitlements. 2017 is…
From 6 April 2017 all private sector employers who employ 250 or more employees will be legally obliged to publish an annual report setting out the ‘Gender Pay Gap’ within their business. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the draft regulations which set out…
Moorcrofts LLP has advised the shareholders of Curo Consulting, a global pharma market access consultancy, on the company’s sale to Envision Pharma Group. A longstanding client of Moorcrofts, Marlow-based Curo specialises in enabling biopharma companies to communicate with payers, policy…
The news that Uber’s drivers are entitled to some basic employment rights made the headlines a few months ago and now the courier business, CitySprint, has found itself on the receiving end of a similar Employment Tribunal Judgement which held that…
Employers would have been forgiven for letting gender pay gap reporting slip down the agenda. Many employers focus in recent months has been on preparing for the impact and cost of the Apprenticeship Levy . That coupled with the fact…
Despite a recent survey indicating that 39% of business people have either not heard of the apprenticeship levy, or are unaware of what it will mean in practice, the levy, which is due to come into effect from 6 April…
When shared parental leave was introduced back in April 2015, many commentators questioned how many employees would take advantage of this new right. Whilst the new right allowed mothers and their partners to share up to 50 weeks shared parental…