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Ellis Whittam provides Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety services to UK employers. It also offers training, occupational health, on-line absence management, payroll and other personnel support services.

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Mark Ellis Blog
Intelligent Marketing and Lawyers!? A New Guide (02/10/09)
It is not that long ago that lawyers were not allowed to advertise (how silly) and marketing was a rude work in legal circles. It's fair to say that plenty of firms of solicitors and accountants still think like that. More fool them.

Employers face long term headaches over holiday entitlement (30/06/09)
Back in February I bemoaned the nonsense that is holiday accrual through sickness periods. Well employers have waited for years for the House of Lords to put some clarity into the issue and in the light of these trying times for employers hopefully inject some sanity and help out beleaguered employers.

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News & Articles:
The Christmas Party (18/11/09)
We don't wish to be party poopers (Ba-Humbug, you say!) but please remember that you (the employer) have a duty to take measures to make sure that things don't get out of hand at the Christmas party. Our advice is that you take one or two simple steps to protect yourself from the possibility of liability if things go pear shaped…

The Agency Workers Directive (02/10/09)
AWD is already EU Law and the UK has until the 5th of December 2011 to implement it. However the TUC has made a resounding plea to enact the legislation in to full force by April 2010.

Guidance for employers on how to deal with the swine flu epidemic (03/08/09)
Should an employee have flu like symptoms and are concerned that they may have swine flu, NHS advice is as follows...

His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales visits Ellis Whittam (26/03/09 )
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Westminster visited Ellis Whittam on 26th March 2009. To view the photographs of the visit click here.

Ellis Whittam presents Clatterbridge Cancer Research with a cheque for £1,609 (21/05/09)

Mark Ellis and Pat Doran presented a cheque for £1,609 to Natalie Childs-Fielding of Clatterbridge Cancer Research at Woodhouse on 21st May.

Implied Duties - when will an employee be in breach (30/06/09)
An employee will be under various implied obligations during the course of his employment. Some of these implied obligations may continue even after the end of employment...

Enforceability of Covenants (30/06/09)
To be enforceable, a restrictive covenant has to be incorporated into a contract between the employer and employee, which may be the contract of employment, or a seperate collateral contract....

Restrictive Covenants (30/06/09)
In addition to the obligations that are implied into every contract of employment, further obligations may be imposed on an employee by way of express terms...

Employed or Self-Employed (30/06/09)
HMRC's approach: Factors indicating employed and self-employed status...


Latest Employer's Briefs
October Employer's Brief ( 23/10/09 )
In this issue we report on: Client refuses to have employee working for it, All Change on 1st October, Information Commissioner - new powers to fine, UK retirement age of 65 is lawful
September Employer's Brief ( 23/09/09 )
In this issue we report on: The legal decision that workers who are sick whilst on holiday are entitled to request extra leave in order to make up their minimum leave entitlement under the Working Time Directive.

Latest Health & Safety Updates
October Health & Safety Brief ( 28/10/09 )
In this issue we report on Recent changes to First-Aid at Work training, Brief pointers towards limiting the likely effects of Swine Flu, Prosecutions for failure to safeguard young people in the workplace
September Health & Safety Brief ( 29/09/09 )
In this issue we report on new guidance on asbestos surveys, the ladder exchange initiative being launched by HSE, a lift blamed for the death of a charity worker, and a crane company fined for an accident in which two workers are killed.

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