Tag: legal
Healthy stance on mental wellbeing
Legal expert Harriet Gray, from Dentons UK, lays out the importance of staying up to date on policies for mental health awareness with employees.
Best practice for ‘firing and rehiring’
Legal expert Laura Morrison, from Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, based in Scotland, explains why employers should check out the Draft Code on 'firing and rehiring'.
Fire and rehire is risky business
Controversial practice should be a tactic of last resort
Should you protect your brand identity?
by Ross Nicol
BUSINESS names, logos and other branding devices for goods and services can be valuable assets that are wise to protect.
A European...
Bill’s fit and proper return set to bring problems?
By Caroline Loudon, head of licensing at Lindsays
THE Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill is the next “big thing” coming at Scottish licensees. You’d...
Get ready for more licensing change
Scotland’s licensing laws are set to be modified again. The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament recently, makes a...
Refresh deadline approaching
Scottish Grocer has been highlighting the forthcoming deadline for refresher training for personal licence holders for several months. In part that’s because there was...
Where, when, and how to allow vaping
Sales of electronic cigarettes are booming and use of e-cigs is not, at present, officially regulated. Should employees be allowed to use e-cigs on...
Fit for the 21st century?
Adam Matthew, partner with Miller Hendry Solicitors, which has offices in Perth, Crieff and Dundee, says ‘Fit and proper’ raised thorny issues in the...
Strike a balance on religious festivals
Easter public holidays took place a few weeks ago and Christmas public hoidays are well-established. But Scotland is now a multi-cultural society. How...
New labelling rules to give food for thought
Euro system to harmonise info requirements but could lead to more change
By Dominic Watkins
THE pace of change in the food industry is quickening.
Over the...
Online shop? Be ready to go the distance
Are you thinking of taking orders online or running an eBay shop on the side? Be aware of the rules on distance selling.
DELIVERING goods...
Considering reasonable questions of faith
Can an employee refuse to work on a Sunday or ask to be excused from serving alcohol because of their religious beliefs? Individuals have...
Take care to mind your languages
The UK has a very diverse workforce. In industries such as retailing there are practical needs for English langauge skills. But don’t rush language...
Business sales back on the front foot?
Agent sees deals up in October after strong summer
ECONOMICS experts differ about how strong the economy currently is but one specialist retail and hospitality...
Time to talk with a degree of protection
Until recently ‘having a chat’ with an employee about their future employment could prove costly. Since the summer, however, things have changed. But even...
