All Articles in Employment

In an economic climate where downsizing may be inevitable, this case highlights the care that must be taken with selecting who is to be ‘let go’. Osborne Clarke’s Jessica Corsi…

Jessica Corsi of Osborne Clarke’s employment team looks at the startling implications of a very recent ECJ decision   Topic: Holiday entitlement Who: BECTU v Secretary of State for Trade…

Are employers legally obliged to provide smoking areas for nicotine-addicted staff?   It has long been a controversial issue in the workoversial issue in the workplace whether staff should be…

Many marketing services agencies, and indeed many brand owners, use the services of freelancers, but are they unwittingly creating an employer/employee relationship?   Recently, the courts have returned to a…

As finance director, it’s your worst nightmare!   As finance director, it's your worst nightmare! Your most talented creative director comes into your office with your sharpest account director. They…

Having paid £1,000,000 for the exclusive Douglas/Zeta Jones wedding press coverage rights, OK! went to Court on Tuesday 21 November for an injunction preventing arch rival Hello! from running a…

Anne-Marie Boyle looks at work permits for overseas staff in commercial communications agencies.   With the increasing demand for advertising agenemand for advertising agencies with global clients to have a…

Mark Womersly looks at trends in employee incentive schemes.   An agency’s "culture" remains a critical point remains a critical point of differentiation in a complex and competitive market place,…