Nick Benton

Director specialising in employment law at Howes Percival LLP. All views/comments are my own, RTs are not endorsements.

[Nick Benton @NickSBenton]

@campbellclaret Single word sentence!

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Howes Percival Leicester office has begun their celebrations of 25 years in Leicester by hosting a variety of local events and challenges to raise money for their charity of the year Woodside Animal Centre-RSPCA Leicestershire.

Here’s a snapshot of what the team has been up to!

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Employment tribunal holds that an employee’s fear of catching coronavirus (COVID-19) does not amount to a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010 (X v Y). Report: https://t.co/KoA7ITbmv2 #ukemplaw

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We are very excited to have joined the Legal Sustainability Alliance as part of our ongoing environmental strategy. https://t.co/QJ3HrsfxIG
#sustainability #environmental #COP26 @legalsustain

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We are extremely proud to have been ranked the 33rd and 41st Best Company to Work For in East Anglia and the Midlands. #BestCompaniesLive

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The corporate, commercial, and banking team at Howes Percival has reported an ‘incredibly busy’ start to 2021, completing 32 deals in the first quarter, with a combined value of £263 million. https://t.co/PaZ0MfwgTx

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Howes Percival has produced a new strategy to help ensure equality and diversity remain ‘key strategic and business priorities’ and are given renewed focus going forwards. https://t.co/NzyDhXP62x

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Howes Percival’s employment law experts comment on the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad and another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home): https://t.co/O172EH8Ydr

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Supreme Court finds for Royal Mencap in landmark case of Tomlinson-Blake v Royal Mencap on entitlement to Minimum Wage for sleep-in shifts. Mencap was represented by David Reade QC, Niran de Silva QC and Georgina Leadbetter, instructed by James Davies of Simons Muirhead & Burton.

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Big #ukemplaw decision due next Friday.

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Judgment will be handed down on Friday 19 March at 9.45am by video link in the linked cases of Royal Mencap Society (Respondent) v Tomlinson-Blake (Appellant) & Shannon (Appellant) v Rampersad and another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home) (Respondents): https://t.co/JsAV8e7a9V

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The next in our series of Employment Law Update webinars take place next week on 16 March and 18 March. To find out more and to register, please visit our website https://t.co/IDzAcrF7Nq #EmploymentLaw #HR

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Our employment law experts consider some key questions for employers about the Covid-19 vaccination. #nojabnojob #employmentlaw #hr #covid19vaccination https://t.co/WNIhQME5Vo

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Howes Percival's Employment Team are happy to announce their first spring employment law update webinar date, Tuesday 9th March: https://t.co/DzzMxbxpJP

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Cloisters' @MilsomChr is acting in a landmark appeal in the EAT today seeking interim relief for discriminatory dismissals.

https://t.co/Jn9wcX0Rc4

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From 1 December 2020, the Acas Early Conciliation process is changing. Read more here: #Employmentlaw #HR https://t.co/jvJLUsTwK1

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Yesterday the Chancellor confirmed as part of the Spending Review that the Government would be adopting the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission to increase the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage with effect from April 2021. https://t.co/u1Sb8CmNWa

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@JasonBraier Para 26 is pretty unambiguous!

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Important amends to furlough guidance, including what constitutes a reasonable excuse for missing claim deadlines #ukemplaw #cjrs #furlough

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Further updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance were published on 19 November 2020. #employmentlaw #HR https://t.co/2Q9IpxJpC2

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Not surprised by this. I’ve had oppos asking for compensation, exceeding £30k, to be put towards discharging empee’s legal fees so as to avoid double tax hit. Never agreed to it as was never comfortable.

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Settlement agreement payments for DBA legal costs in wages claim constituted employment income for income tax purposes (Murphy v HMRC). Report: https://t.co/cTjGf6XDfk FtT: https://t.co/LvyhZiSkqA #ukemplaw

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@DaphneRomneyQC By far the best of the presenters in my view.