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Settlement agreement for Employees
06 Aug 18

Settlement agreement for employees

Settlement agreement for Employees: What employees should know before deciding? If you have been offered a settlement agreement by your employer, deciding whether to accept can be overwhelming. You will need independent legal advice to safeguard the agreement is binding and you understand what significant legal rights you are giving…
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gig-economy-aeris-employment-law
15 Jul 18

What is the gig economy?

What is the Gig Economy? Issue The phrase the ‘gig economy’ is increasingly being seen in the press and often it is referred to in employment disputes. What does it actually mean though?  It is probably best summed up as a trend towards a working environment where temporary positions are…
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redundancy for small businesses
07 Jul 18

Restructuring and redundancy

Your business may come to a point where changes need to be made this, unfortunately, may result in redundancies. Aeris Employment Law can help and guide you restructure professionally and most of all fairly. Restructuring may look to make your business more successful and profitable. Or it may be required…
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zebra
29 Jun 18

Is it a Giraffe or a Zebra ?

Is it a giraffe or a zebra – latest development in the gig economy The Issue The topic of employment status has been a hot topic for some time and companies such as Uber, Deliveroo and City Sprint have all been in the press recently. The employee v worker v…
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GDPR
25 May 18

Are you and your company GDPR ready?

A large volume of personal data (or personally identifiable information) is exchanged throughout the world. Personal data is an extremely valuable resource to companies but data protection and privacy laws across the world are gradually regulating its collection and use. With the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which…
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22 Feb 18

Changes to redundancy entitlements

Redundancy Entitlements & Compensation Limits Unfair dismissal compensation and redundancy pay is to increase where the effective date of termination of an employee’s employment is on or after 6 April 2018. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase to £83,682 (up from £80,541) and the maximum amount of a week’s pay (used…
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