Sedulo accelerates deal closures and enhances client onboarding with Doc2
Sedulo, a prominent financial services firm, faced challenges in document management that slowed down their client onboarding and deal closure processes. The firm’s reliance on manual document creation and signing methods was not only time-consuming but also hindered their responsiveness to client needs. With the adoption of Doc2, Sedulo has transformed its approach to document management. …
Finspire Finance: achieves professional credibility with Doc2
Finspire Finance, a dynamic commercial finance broker, faced significant challenges with document management and compliance, impacting their ability to build trust with new clients. Their manual processes were not only time-consuming but also prone to errors, casting a shadow on their professionalism in the eyes of potential prospects. The implementation of Doc2, provided by their principal…
Employing casual workers (HR help)
What are the key considerations for employers when hiring casual workers?
SOSR dismissal: what is some other substantial reason?
‘Some Other Substantial Reason’ is one of the potentially fair reasons to dismiss someone. What counts as ‘SOSR’ and what do employers need to be aware of if relying on this ground for dismissal?
What does responsible investment mean for charities?
As public benefit organisations, charities naturally have two principal investment concerns: how to optimise the value of their assets; and how to ensure their financial decisions align with their purposes. A significant question is how far ethical, moral and social factors should, or may, lead to a different approach to one that is purely commercial and financial.
What is modern slavery and how can you identify it?
For many of us living and working in the UK modern slavery will feel like a far-off, almost abstract concept; something that only happens in fast fashion sweatshops hundreds of miles away, not at organisations in our own towns and cities.
Legal implications of working two jobs
What are the considerations for employers when employees are working two jobs?
Can an employer withhold pay?
Employers are only permitted to deduct or withhold pay in certain circumstances.
A duo of promotions at Cambridge law firm Stone King
The firm’s latest round of promotions have seen Anna Hyde made a Principal HR Consultant in the HR Consultancy Team while immigration lawyer Juli
Recruiting social care workers from overseas
What do UK care providers have to do to be able to recruit care workers from overseas?
Last in first out (fair redundancy?)
Can employers make workers redundant on a 'last- in, first-out' basis?
More on extending a probation period
Best practice guidance for employers when extending a probation period.
Indefinite Leave to Remain priority service
Is fast-tracked processing available for Indefinite Leave to Remain applications?
Have you heard about Carers Leave?
From 6 April 2024 all unpaid carers are entitled to up to a week's unpaid leave per year to look after someone with a disability or long-term illness. But don't panic! We are here to help :-)
Government rollback of teacher relocation scheme could impact overseas recruitment explains Cambridge lawyer
Trainee teachers are no longer eligible for Department of Education bursaries to relocate to England for work after the government announced that the scheme is now only available to fully qualified teachers.
Advanced Threat Group (ATG) & CyberScale Strategic Alliance
On 1st April 2024 CyberScale and Advanced Threat Group (ATG) formally recognised a strategic alliance aimed at providing their clients with an optimal combination of strategic advice and technical support around Cyber & Information Security.
Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel
What is the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel, and what does it mean for recruitment practices in healthcare?
More on cyber insurance benefits and limitations
Organisations in the United Kingdom are faced with a constant barrage of digital dangers where cyber threats lurk around every corner.
How to prepare for a Home Office desktop audit
What is a Home Office desktop audit and how you can you prepare?
More about supply chain and 3rd party risk management
Did you know that only 13% of businesses review the risks posed by their immediate suppliers? In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of cyber attacks as a result of vulnerabilities within the supply chain.
Managing menopause in the workplace
New guidance for employers on how to provide support for workers through the menopause.
What is White Teaming in Cyber Security?
White teaming is a simulated cyber-attack exercise designed to test and improve an organisation’s security posture and incident response capabilities.
Stone King achieves Skilled Worker Visa application success for charity client
The organisation is a longstanding client and wanted to sponsor an overseas national for a managerial role for the UK charity. The candidate had been undertaking a similar role for the overseas organisation for a number of years and was therefore well suited for the position in the UK.
Learn more about fire and rehire rules (employers’ guide)
The UK Government has published a revised Code of Practice for employers on ‘firing & rehiring’.
Can Visa dependents start a business in the UK?
Can dependant visa holders start their own business in the UK?