Employment Law Helpline McCormicks is to offer employers a new helpline for Employment law matters. The helpline will offer advice for a fixed monthly payment, with cost based on the number of employees and wage roll. Head of Employment Law Iain Jenkins said: “We have a number of services we can offer to employers: these…

Harrogate Solicitor is New British Weight Lifting Board Member Harrogate Solicitor Philip Edmondson has been made a Board member by British Weight Lifting. Philip, who is a Partner and Head of Commercial and Sports Litigation Services at McCormicks Solicitors, is a new Non-Executive Director and will take up his position with immediate effect. He has…

Flexible Furlough and Tapering   There are a number of changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Scheme) and guidance has been issued. From 1 July employers can agree (in writing and a copy retained for five years) that an employee can return to work for any amount of time and on any work pattern.…

Mediation Winston Churchill still gets plenty of airtime. He was prolific in many areas and I recently enjoyed watching the film “The Darkest Hour”. Although Churchill is best known as our wartime leader and the person who galvanised the nation against the Nazis, one of his quotes (although these may not be his exact words)…