It wasn’t all that long ago that employee grievances were relatively straightforward matters to deal with, albeit not something that employers have ever wanted to receive. An employer may have received a short letter or an email raising concerns and set about trying to resolve them without being too drawn into it.
The Employment Rights Bill is set to reshape UK workplaces. Announced within Labour’s first 100 days in office, it has been described as the most extensive overhaul of employment law in a generation. Millions of workers will gain new rights, and almost every employer will be affected.
The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 is set to come into force in 2024. This looks “to give workers and agency workers the right to request more predictable terms and conditions of work”, aimed at tackling precarious working…
The Access Group, one of the leading providers of business management software for small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, and Asia Pacific, has announced the acquisition of DutySheet Ltd, trading as Assemble and DutySheet, a leading provider of…
Mutual trust between business leaders and their people is key to creating great places to work when considering new hybrid workplace models, according to a new report commissioned by Kent and Sussex based law firm, Rix & Kay. The report…
Rix & Kay’s Corporate Team have been highly praised for their work on advising the shareholders of Construct on a majority share sale to Melbourne-based Online Education Services (OES). The team picked up the award at the Kent Corporate Finance Alliance (KCFA) Deal of the Year…
At Rix & Kay, as corporate lawyers, the conversations we are having with our clients are changing and it is clear that this shift took place around April 2020: just as the impact of the global pandemic came into sharp…
Chamber member and regional law firm, Rix & Kay has announced a suite of new services to enhance the support it provides to its existing GatekeeperHR clients. GatekeeperHR is Rix & Kay’s fixed cost employment law and professional HR solution for…
Here we are in November, having gone through nine months of learning to cope with life during the pandemic. It’s such good news that the new vaccines are nearly ready to roll out, giving us all a bit of hope…
With mental health being one of the most neglected areas of public health, this year’s World Mental Health Day focuses on the disruption mental health services have experienced in the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), close…