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As part of National Pro Bono Week (6th – 11th November 2017) PCB Solicitors will be helping students from the University of Wolverhampton offer a free employment law advice clinic in Telford.  The law advice clinic is being held on the…

A recent European Court of Human Rights (‘ECHR’) case has ruled in favour of the right to privacy of workers’ communications. They have overruled an earlier decision of the Chamber of ECHR. The background of the case is that a Romanian…

According to the Health and Safety Executive (‘HSE’) each year in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector around 4% of workers suffer from an illness they believe to be work-related and 4% of workers sustain a work-related injury.  …

• PCB Solicitors have defended Lasting Powers of Attorney • This follows comments from a former senior judge that power of attorney orders are open to financial abuse  • But national group Solicitors for the Elderly says with the…

The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices was set up by the Government in 2016 to look at modern working practices and those described as ‘gig economy’ workers. The long awaited reported was published 11 July 2017. Some of those on…

The TUC says that one in four men who became fathers in 2016 didn’t qualify for paternity leave or pay. “In 2016 there were around 625,000 working dads around the UK with a child under one. However, a quarter of them (25%) – more than…