Bereavement leave: a guide for employers
National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December 2024): this blog provides a guide to bereavement leave and supporting grieving employees.
Becca joined Sparqa Legal as a Legal Editor in 2024 after transferring from FromCounsel. She previously worked as a caseworker at Advocate, the bar’s pro bono charity. Becca regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, covering topics including employment, health and safety, intellectual property, and company law.
How to set up a company: Small Business Saturday
Learn how to set up a company: to celebrate Small Business Saturday 2024, this blog provides a guide to setting up a new company.
Becca joined Sparqa Legal as a Legal Editor in 2024 after transferring from FromCounsel. She previously worked as a caseworker at Advocate, the bar’s pro bono charity. Becca regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, covering topics including employment, health and safety, intellectual property, and company law.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: your legal obligations towards disabled staff and how you can better support them.
Becca joined Sparqa Legal as a Legal Editor in 2024 after transferring from FromCounsel. She previously worked as a caseworker at Advocate, the bar’s pro bono charity. Becca regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, covering topics including employment, health and safety, intellectual property, and company law.
What’s on the horizon?
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- 20 January 2025: employment tribunals will have the power to increase compensation awards by 25% where employers have unreasonably failed to comply with the statutory Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement (see the Order here).
- 19 February 2025: the Law Commission’s consultation on the right to renew business tenancies will close.
- 1 April 2025: The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage will increase. The minimum pay rates for 2025/26 can be found here. The Statutory Sick Pay, Adoption Pay, Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay and Parental Bereavement Pay for 2025/26 can be found here. See our blog covering key takeaways for SMEs on the Autumn Budget 2024 here.
O is for…
Ordinary partnership
A business arrangement where two or more people carry on a business together with the aim of making a profit.