Skilled Worker Visa Extension - Guide for Employers
Skilled Worker visas are issued for a period of up to five years. To remain in the UK beyond this, the worker has to make an application for a Skilled Worker visa extension before their current visa expires.
Howes Percival appoints New Head of Corporate in Cambridge
Howes Percival has recruited James Stephen as a Partner and head of its Corporate Law team in Cambridge.
Local Employee Benefit Consultancy EBCam Ltd launches their 2023 survey to help companies benchmark their reward offering.
Specialist Employee Benefit consultancy EBcam Ltd, who are based out of Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds have re-launched their own employee benefit survey for 2023. The survey is free for local companies to participate in.
Workplace investigation process steps - an employer's guide
Workplace investigations play an important role in resolving disputes at work. If conducted properly, investigations can help to protect the interests of the organisation by identifying wrongdoings and to support the employer with fair, objective and informed decision-making.
Home Office sponsor action plans explained
The following guidance for UK-sponsors examines the Home Office enforcement process for non-compliance with your sponsorship duties, including the various stages involved in that process if you’re suspected of being, or proven to be, in breach of UK sponsorship rules.
How to Write a Menopause Policy - an Employer's Guide
By implementing a written menopause policy at work, you can help to ensure that all staff feel fully supported by both management and co-workers during this potentially stressful and difficult phase — and that these individuals are treated fairly in the workplace, and with dignity and respect.
Temporary Worker Sponsor Licence - Employer's guide
To hire workers on a short-term basis from overseas, UK employers have to apply for a Temporary Worker Sponsor Licence. Any UK business looking to recruit an overseas national under one of the Temporary Worker routes must first have in place a valid licence to sponsor this category of worker. Below we look closely at the rules and requirements relating to the Temporary Worker sponsor licence.
Scale up Visa - Guide for employers
The Scale Up visa has been designed to help qualifying UK businesses, with the potential for growth, to recruit skilled overseas workers more easily. In this guide, we outline the rules and requirements under the Start Up route, from the eligibility criteria to how this visa will benefit both UK businesses and talented individuals.
UK Visas for Under 18s - bringing your children to the UK
If you are an overseas national looking to move to the UK and would like your dependent children to accompany you, or you are already living in the UK and would like your children to join you once you are settled and have set up home, they will usually need a visa to do so.
An employer's guide to dismissing an employee due to mental health
If an employee’s mental health is impacting their performance, the employer can take action to try to address the situation. In some cases, this may result in terminating the employee’s contract of employment. The following guide for employers looks in detail at the complex legal issue of terminating the employment of an individual with mental health issues — from the employee’s rights to the…
Howes Percival recruits private client partner in Cambridge
Howes Percival has strengthened its team in Cambridge with the appointment of Stephen Patch as Partner and head of its Private Client team in the area.
UK Expansion Worker Visa - Guide for employers
Overseas companies can deploy senior personnel to establish UK-based operations under the Expansion Worker visa. The UK Expansion Worker visa is a new sponsored route for established overseas businesses that wish to set up a branch or subsidiary in the UK. It allows eligible businesses to sponsor an existing senior manager or specialist worker when being assigned to the UK for a temporary…
Learn more about the High Potential Individual Visa
The UK's High Potential Individual visa is open for graduates of top global universities to work in the UK without sponsorship.
Carter Jonas - Commercial Market Outlook November 2022
Overview of the commercial market and government policy.
A business to business energy consultancy improves accuracy of data and speed of sales with API integration
EcoSave was burdened with a time-consuming sales process. Each sales call had to be recorded and checked to form a binding verbal energy contract.
Howes Percival Named in Top 100 'Best Companies' List 3rd Year Running
Howes Percival has been ranked in the ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list for the third year running.
Howes Percival featured in the Time's Best Law Firms
Howes Percival has been named one of the top 250 law firms in England and Wales in The Times’ Best Law Firms 2023 list published on 3 November 2022
Support platform for business owners combines registration with contract creation
Doc2 shares how they helped a company eliminate errors and speed up issuing contracts.
The UK’s biggest business survey is back and it’s time to make your voice heard
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce's Quarterly Economic Survey is back and once again they are asking you to contribute to one of the UK’s largest and most reputable barometers of business opinion.
Insubordination at Work - A guide for employers
Insubordination at work can be a serious matter, given its effect of damaging working relationships, undermining organisational authority and the potential to impact wider team morale. But does insubordination warrant disciplinary action? In this guide, we look at what insubordination at work means, with common examples of workplace insubordination and how employers should deal with employee…
ESG in Commercial Contracts: How to Get Started
Howes Percival's commercial contracts experts give some quick tips on how to start incorporating environmental, social and governance standards and best practice into your business' contracts.
Summary Dismissal - A guide for employers
What is summary dismissal? Dismissing an employee without notice, or payment in lieu of notice, requires employers to proceed with caution, not least to minimise the risk of a claim for unfair or wrongful dismissal. DavidsonMorris's detailed guide for employers examines the law relating to summary dismissal, with practical advice on the procedures you will need to follow for the dismissal to be…
Luminance Joins UK Government trade mission to Miami
Luminance, the global leader for legal process automation, announces that it will be joining the UK Ministry of Justice and Department of International Trade’s official delegation to Miami as part of the ‘Great Legal Futures’ series taking place from Sunday 30th October to Thursday 3rd November 2
Redundancy Settlement Agreement - A guide for employers
Settlement agreements are generally used by employers to settle potential employment claims, but they are also commonly used as an alternative to dismissal by redundancy. In this detailed guide, DavidsonMorris examine what Settlement Agreements are and how they are used.
Shared Parental Leave - HR Guide for employers
In this guide, DavidsonMorris summarise the rules on Shared Parental Leave and how employers can approach implementing SPL in a way that is both compliant with their obligations and supportive of new parents within their workforce.