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Four Signs Your Care Home is Failing Before it Actually Fails Acuity Law and Cornerstone Care Solutions join forces When a care home is failing, the financial signs are obvious. If you’re measuring your financial KPIs, you’ll be in no doubt when the ship starts to steer off course. But what many care homes miss are the signs of a failing home that begin to emerge in non-financial ways. Click here to read the full article: https://bit.ly/3XeNrn1 #AcuityLaw #CornerstoneCareSolutions #CareHomes #KPIs

How will the Government’s Proposed “Right to Switch Off” Work in Practice? Labour has previously promised to implement a right to ‘switch off’ for employees outside of work. This initially meant a new right for workers to disconnect from work outside of working hours and the right not to be contacted by their employer. Want to find out more? Click here to read the full article from Sam Evans: https://bit.ly/4gc5P8U #AcuityLaw #EmploymentLaw #RightToSwitchOff

Is There a Future for Minimum Service Levels Legislation Under a Labour Government? Following widespread Conservative Party opposition to various strikes by junior doctors and train operators, the previous Conservative Government passed the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (the “Strikes Act”). To read the full article from Sam Evans, click here: https://bit.ly/3AQRM8J #AcuityLaw #EmploymentLaw #MinimumServiceLevelsLegislation #LabourGovernment

At Acuity, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality legal services. Take a look at what one of our clients had to say about John Tay from our Commercial & Technology Team, and Liz Gibbons, from our Social Housing Team. "After calling Liz Gibbons, a very trusted colleague, John Tay was recommended to me to help sort out a very challenging supply of goods agreement. John was very knowledgeable and supportive guiding us through the challenge whilst also being super responsive and prompt. A real pleasure working with John." Find out more about how our Social Housing Team can help you here: https://bit.ly/3QsvgYN #ClientTestimonial #SocialHousing #CommercialAndTechnology #AcuityLaw

With the government reportedly considering the introduction of a Code of Practice to formalise its pledge to strengthen workers’ “right to switch off”, employers have many questions about what such an approach would mean in practice. You can read more about this and other changes to Employment laws under the Labour government in our long-read article: Employment Law Changes Under Labour: https://bit.ly/3T7Kx2h For more updates about changes to your employment law obligations, sign up to Workplace, our monthly Employment, HR and Immigration newsletter: https://bit.ly/477tkvB #AcuityLaw #CodeOfPractice #EmploymentLaw #LabourGovernment

Cultivating Sustainable Business Practices Issues and solutions from Growing Solutions: Cultivating Carbon In-setting Strategies, organised by Chambers Wales. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3yBJ9xZ #AcuityLaw #SustainableBusinessPractices #GrowingSolutions #ChambersWales

Why Your Business Should be Thinking about Sustainability: Regulations You Need to Know About Want to find out the key pieces of regulation and legislation that could impact your business? Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YJXNh4 #AcuityLaw #Sustainability #Regulations #Legislations

End of the Biometric Residence Permit and Rollout of Online Immigration Status (eVisa) An important update for holders of Biometric Residence Permit holders. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dqq3K8 #AcuityLaw #ImmigrationLaw #BiometricResidencePermit #ImmigrationStatus #eVisa

What Happens When Your Common Law Partner Dies Without a Will? Read the full article here to find out what you need to know about 1975 Act Claims for Financial Provision: https://bit.ly/4dJ3Tm7 #AcuityLaw #1975ActClaims #FinancialProvision

Recruiting Migrant Workers Legally and Ethically The distressed labour market is a major pressure point across many sectors and, as businesses struggle to staff their facilities, questions about the process and logistics of hiring workers from abroad are common. Find out more from this article here: https://bit.ly/4di9ArF #AcuityLaw #MigrantWorkers #EthicalRecruiting