Legal News Flash: A return to spot check inspections by The Pensions Regulator
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is carrying out spot check inspections across the UK on employers suspected of being non-compliant with their workplace pensions duties. With this in mind, this blog provides a refresher on minimum employer pension contributions.
Before joining Sparqa Legal as a Senior Legal Editor in 2017, Frankie spent five years training and practising as a corporate disputes and investigations lawyer at leading international law firm Hogan Lovells. As legal insights lead, Frankie regularly contributes to Sparqa Legal’s blog, writing content across employment law, data protection, disputes and more.
World Intellectual Property Day: tips for protecting your business
It’s World Intellectual Property Day, celebrating innovation and promoting IP rights. Use our IP tips to help protect your business.
Marion joined Sparqa Legal as a Senior Legal Editor in 2018. She previously worked as a corporate/commercial lawyer for five years at one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, Kensington Swan (now Dentons Kensington Swan), and as an in-house legal consultant for a UK tech company. Marion regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, contributing across its commercial, IP and health and safety law content.
Stress Awareness Month: Creating a sense of community at work
The theme of this year’s Stress Awareness Month is ‘community’. With that in mind, we look at how employers can work towards creating a supportive and inclusive community at work when dealing with staff who work remotely.
Before joining Sparqa Legal as a Senior Legal Editor in 2017, Frankie spent five years training and practising as a corporate disputes and investigations lawyer at leading international law firm Hogan Lovells. As legal insights lead, Frankie regularly contributes to Sparqa Legal’s blog, writing content across employment law, data protection, disputes and more.
What’s on the horizon?
- 25 May 2022: New rules expected to ban advertising of cosmetic interventions directed at under-18s
- 3 June 2022: Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday
- 30 September 2022: Temporary COVID-19 adjustment to right to work checks ends
V is for…
Vesting
A term which provides for a manager’s entitlement to receive market value and/or keep their shares if they leave the company. If it applies, it’s commonly found in a company’s articles of association.