Entries by Jenny Carpenter

Minimum Wage Rate Increases 1st April 2025

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There is a legal right for all workers/employees to receive a minimum wage. The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 created this right. As from 1st April the hourly rates have increased once again. Therefore, check your pay and ensure it conforms with the minimum rates. If you are an employer it is especially important that […]

The Employment Rights Bill; Employment Law Changes Are Coming

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On the 10 th October 2024 the Government introduced into Parliament the Employment Rights Bill. The Bill looks at 28 different employment law reforms, some of which are quite radical and will result in a huge change to employment law, including establishing day one right for employees to bring claims for unfair dismissal, subject to […]

Lexcel and Customer Service Reacceditation

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What better way to celebrate 190 years of the firm’s existence with recent reaccreditations for Lexcel and Customer Service Excellence. The firm was subject to assessments for the reaccreditation of The Law Society Lexcel Standard and the Customer Service Excellence Award recently. Adams Harrison Solicitors have now held the Lexcel accreditation for 25 years.  Lexcel […]

Early Conciliation; If you are considering making a claim against your Employer read this

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If you are thinking of making a claim against your Employer via an Employment Tribunal you must first of all complete an on line notification form to ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service). Early Conciliation is not obligatory but the completion of a notification form is. It does not cost anything to submit the notification […]

Changes to Flexible Working Requests in the Workplace

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From 6th April 2024 employees will be able to request flexible working from the first day of a job. Currently there is a minimum period of service required with an employer before being able to make a request. What is flexible working? A flexible working request could include asking for a change relating to:- The […]

Employment Law Update April 2024

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Greater protection for those that are pregnant or on maternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave from being made redundant. New Regulations come into force on the 6th April 2024, the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024. These Regulations extend the current legal protections that are in place from redundancy. […]

Menopause Symptoms and Discrimination

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A very interesting case has very recently been dealt with by Employment Tribunal Judge Wade (Lynskey –v- Direct Line Insurance Services Limited) on the 4th August 2023. The case concerned an employee that was suffering menopause symptoms that were negatively impacting on her work performance. The Employment Tribunal held that the employer had treated this […]

Skipping challenge completed by Managing Partner, Jennifer Carpenter

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Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner recently completed a sponsored skipping challenge to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Jenny completed 100 skips a day in June, even though she was away on holiday for some of those! On completion of the challenge Jenny had collected £219 for the charity and got some much needed exercise away […]

Employment Tribunal Time Limits Are Strict

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Rarely will an Employment Tribunal permit a claim advanced by a Claimant to proceed if it is out of time. Most, but not all, employment claims have a three month time limit. A recent case taken to the Employment Appeal Tribunal this month (Bliss Residential Care Ltd v Fellows [2023] EAT 59) the Respondent employer […]

Young Citizen Awards 2023

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Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner was delighted to attend the Young Citizen Awards evening on Monday to meet six fantastic young people chosen by their schools for service to the school and/or local community and for being role models to their fellow students. Adams Harrison sponsored the event held by the Rotary Club of Haverhill & […]