Non-compete clauses aim to protect employers by preventing employees from joining a competitor for a specific period of time following their termination of their employment and are relatively common in
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In comparison to the US, there is a stricter redundancy process in the UK. For UK businesses faced with the prospect of making 20 or more staff redundant, there is
With COVID-19 taking hold once more, the government has put the UK under a second lockdown, forcing all non-essential shops to close once again. Although the country now knows what
The COVID-19 pandemic means that working from home has become the ‘new abnormal’ for many businesses and their employees, and is also likely to remain the case for the foreseeable
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