Legal
Managing menopause in the workplace
New guidance for employers on how to provide support for workers through the menopause. ...
Stone King achieves Skilled Worker Visa application success for charity client
The organisation is a longstanding client and wanted to sponsor an overseas national for a managerial role for the UK charity. The candidate had been undertaking a similar role for the overseas organisation for a number of years and was therefore well suited for the position in the UK. ...
Learn more about fire and rehire rules (employers’ guide)
The UK Government has published a revised Code of Practice for employers on ‘firing & rehiring’. ...
Can Visa dependents start a business in the UK?
Can dependant visa holders start their own business in the UK?
UK Young Professional Scheme for Indian Nationals 2024
What is the UK's Young Professional Scheme for Indian nationals?
Art history in the making: Mills & Reeve advise on first artwork traded on new stock exchange
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has advised on the $55 million IPO of a masterpiece painting on the world’s first art stock exchange, Artex. ...
Empowering efficiency: training staff quickly for success at Business Development Directors
Business Development Directors’ (BDD) contract process with Word documents was inefficient and more susceptible to errors. This cumbersome method hindered the delegation of tasks to junior staff without compromising compliance. By introducing standardisation, BDD has confidence that err...
Monitoring those on Skilled Worker Visas when working remotely
Guidance issued on 6 March 2024 has clarified the requirement for employers to carefully consider work location for sponsored workers, and report those contracted to work from home to the Home Office. The Home Office may ask for sponsorship to be justified if a contractual home worker c...
Stone King partner quoted by Civil Society on the involvement of charity employees in politics
Rosamund McCarthy Etherington, Stone King Partner and joint head of the firm’s charity sector, has been quoted in a Civil Society article discussing whether charity leaders are able to run as political party candidates. ...
Malingering, fake illness and disciplinaries
If an employer suspects an absent employee may not be genuinely ill, or not as ill as they claim, the employer may take steps to deal with the concerns. ...