Author Archive: DTM Legal
Holiday Pay Extended to Include Voluntary Overtime
For the first time in England, a tribunal has accepted the argument that employees are eligible for holiday pay to include voluntary overtime if employees regularly work voluntary overtime beyond their contracted hours. DTM Legal is here to explain how … Read more…
Top Tips on Data Protection
Internet users have protected their online accounts and identity against hackers through the use of innovative passwords for years. A combination of letters (upper case and lower case), numbers, symbols and punctuation marks reduce the likelihood of passwords getting into … Read more…
Academies: Have you got your checklist ready for post-conversion?
The fourth blog in our series looking at conversion to Academy status considers some of the issues Academies face after completion of the conversion process. Support at this stage is essential to ensuring the success of not only a newly … Read more…
Managing Contract Changes
A contract of employment sets out the rights and duties of the employee and can be written, oral or implied by a course of dealings. Providing employees with written contracts of employment is not only a legal requirement (must be … Read more…
Supply Chain Transparency and Compliance with the Modern Slavery Act
Businesses are under increasing scrutiny from the media, political activists, bloggers and the general public to ensure that their supply chains are ethically sound. Poor visibility throughout the supply chain can lead to exploitation manifested as wages people cannot live … Read more…
How to successfully use the probation period
Employers spend a large amount of time and resources during the recruitment process so it can be extremely disappointing when a new recruit decides to leave the job within the first few months of starting, often because they have not … Read more…
Using Google AdWords May (Or May Not) Infringe Trademark Rights
Within the last 10 years there have been a number of decisions handed down by the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in relation to keyword advertising, which has led to guidance that has needed interpretation by national courts. Most recently, … Read more…
Academy Conversion by 2020: the process explained
In the third of our series of blogs, which have taken on greater relevance in the light of the Government’s budget announcement regarding the conversion of all schools, we look at the actual process of converting to an Academy. Although … Read more…
Chester shines at global property event MIPIM
A group of businesses from Chester have joined forces to promote the city at the world’s largest property convention, which is taking place in Cannes in the south of France this week. The effort is part of campaign to create … Read more…
An Employers Guide to National Apprenticeship Week
Background Although figures show unemployment is at a 10 year low, the government is attempting to address questions about UK productivity and the ‘skills emergency’ that faces many UK businesses by pledging to create in excess three million more apprenticeships … Read more…
Things to consider before converting to academy status
In the second of our series of blogs we look at some of the pre-conversion matters that should be considered before a school converts to an Academy. Whilst the process of converting to an Academy is becoming more common and … Read more…
The New Register of People with Significant Control
In a bid to tackle the use of UK companies to facilitate illegal activities, the Government has introduced measures to increase transparency in the ownership and control of companies. The register of people with significant control (PSCs) introduced by the … Read more…
Supplemental Stamp Duty Land Tax
The Autumn Budget 2015 brought with it another change to the tax payable on property purchases. This time George Osbourne revealed his proposals to increase the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) paid on the purchase of second properties in an … Read more…
Your A B C of Academy Conversion
In the current political climate the conversion by schools to Academy status is a matter that every school and its governing body must consider. Whether the school or its governing body are in favour of conversion it is a process … Read more…
How to Avoid a Contractual Own Goal
Another January transfer window has passed and the media speculation about who is going where has settled down until the summer. In comparison to previous years, January 2016 did not see too many well-documented ‘massive signings’ but once again teams … Read more…
World Cancer Day: Advice for employers
Cancer death rates in the UK may have fallen by almost 10 per cent in the last decade, but the number of cases is still going up. Given that so many of us are likely to be impacted by cancer … Read more…
