This area has been an integral feature of the pandemic. How we manage resource (and pay for it) and retain the best mix of talent for the future. We also know that a majority of businesses are considering additional hiring over the course of the rest of the year.

Ramsdens Corporate team, led by Partner Richard Dean with support from Emma Spragg, Gareth Dando in our Employment team and Simon Mills, in our Commercial Property, advised David and Adam Mosley on Huddersfield based Hartford Holdings' acquisition of Traymate Products Limited, for an undisclosed sum as part of its ongoing expansion.

Nicole Natur, Solicitor in our Employment team at Ramsdens, has featured in the latest HR Grapevine article providing her professional opinion on whether HR have an issue with accent bias within the workplace.

An Employment Tribunal has ruled in the case of Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd ET/3201960/2020 that an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for refusing to wear a face mask at one of their client’s premises was fair.

The pandemic caused by Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions has touched all of us personally and in the way we conduct business.

Nicole Natur, Employment Solicitor at Ramsdens, has featured on MY Grapevine, discussing how gender parity and representation across all levels of seniority is something that “all employers should strive for”.

Our Employment Law Solicitor, Nicole Natur, joined discussions with Kait Borsay on Times Radio over the weekend to provide her legal expertise on discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace, an issue which has come to the forefront during the pandemic.

​The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the Budget for 2021 and has confirmed that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (also known as furlough scheme) will be extended further beyond the end of April to the end of September.​