The Countess Charity held its annual sporting lunch this week to raise funds for the Memory Lane Project, which aims to make major enhancements to the elderly care wards at the Countess of Chester hospital. The sporting lunch took place at the Crowne Plaza Chester…

Do you struggle to find time to investigate employee concerns or allegations of misconduct?   Are you concerned that you don’t have the internal resource and expertise required to carry out a comprehensive and fair and objective process?   Jolliffe & Co LLP’s employment team can now…

Jolliffes has completed the multi-million pound sale of Cheshire cheesemaker FJ Need (Foods) to the owner of the Kerrygold brand. FJ Need (Foods), which was founded by John Need in 1973, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Ornua for an undisclosed sum. The…

Millennials (defined as those born between 1984 and 2000) have been getting a bad press recently, particularly in relation to their behaviour in the workplace.  HR professionals are coming across new challenges when dealing with concerns and grievances from disgruntled Millennials which are of a…

The Supreme Court in R (on the application of UNISON) v Lord Chancellor has declared employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal (‘EAT’) fees to be unlawful. The lawfulness of the Fees Order was challenged by UNISON, supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The…