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Low-risk speed offences – where your license isn’t at stake – or low speed driving offences typically will not benefit from the presence of a motoring solicitor. In many cases, 3 points is the standard penalty and very little can be done to prevent this occurring. However, in many other cases, a motoring lawyer is highly advisable.
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As a solicitor, you make think it’s in my best interests to advise everybody in any tricky situation with the law to seek legal
help. However, this is not why I got into the business; I got into the business because I like dealing with the truth. When it comes to motoring offences, the truth of the matter is not everybody will benefit from hiring people like me.

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Absolutely anyone can ask their employer for flexible work arrangements, but only some actually have the legal right to do so. Even so, more people have the right than realise they do.
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Nearly half of new fathers don’t take paternity leave. As such, it is unsurprising that many people do not know the details of paternity leave: what leave and pay they are entitled to, and what commitments they have to make.

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Nights workers have various different rights to day workers, including the right to regular free health assessments, due to the health risks associated with working at night. This includes mobile workers and road transport workers, who are otherwise exempt from night working limits. Should a doctor diagnose night-work-related health problems in an employee, their employer must transfer them to daytime work where possible.
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Night workers are those who work for at least three hours during the night on regular days, most working days or an proportion of days agreed with their employer and trade union. Within employment law, night must be at least seven hours long, including the period between 00:00 and 05:00. Normally this is defined as the period between 23:00 and 06:00, though employees and employers can agree to change this period.
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One year ago today, I launched the Online Solicitor and, to celebrate, I’m going to take the day off!

Instead of writing, I’m also going to post this picture; it wouldn’t take me the full 1000 words to make the same point, but it would take a fair few.

I do not own this picture. I found it here: www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/the_woes_of_web.html

Most adult workers cannot be forced to work for longer than 48 hours per week and young workers (under 18) should not work longer than 40 hours a week. However, there are still some workers to whom this working time limit does not apply, including the armed forces, sea transport workers, domestic servants and workers who freely choose how long they work.
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As of tomorrow (01/07/2010), there will be significant changes made to the laws regarding smoking in vehicles, which will require many company vehicles to be smoke-free at all times. Read the rest of this entry »

Overtime is something with which we are all familiar. However, it may interest you to read that employees have no right to extra pay for working extra hours; nor is there a minimum amount of overtime pay, as long as the employee’s average pay rate doesn’t fall below minimum wage.
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