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The Red Kite Law team can guide businesses and individuals through the new law on flexible working. The new rights for employees started this month (July). “Change is the one constant factor in employment laws and working practices and we have a team of experts here at Red Kite Law to guide people through the new rules,” said Donna Purchase, head of the legal firm’s Human Resources (HR) team. Mrs Purchase, a partner with Red Kite Law, leads “the strongest employment team in West Wales” (as recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2013 benchmark). “We are all about giving clear, practical advice and cost-effective solutions for our clients,” she said. “So when changes to employment laws happen we are in the vanguard of helping to point people in the right direction. “Smaller firms (SMEs) may be baffled by the changes and may not have their own HR resources. “This is where we can bring our expertise to bear, making sure that everyone fully appreciates the latest changes to the law on flexible...

SUITABLY refreshed by their half-term hols, a small (but dedicated and anonymous) band of teachers has now resumed their comic email transmissions from the staffrooms of Llanelli's secondary schools. Here are a few of the funnies that beat the email firewall to land here at Star HQ in Cowell Street. Murphy's Lesser Known Laws 1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 2. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 3. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. 4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. 5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. 6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog. 7. The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk...