Treasury publishes fact sheet about the Job Support Scheme
HM Treasury has published a fact sheet providing further details about the Job Support Scheme recently announced by the Chancellor. The fact sheet should be read in full, but a summary of the key points ...
October 6, 2020
Details published on the implementation of £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments
The Government has published its response to the consultation on regulations implementing a £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments. Key aspects of the response are: (a) the £95,000 level of the cap will not ...
August 6, 2020
Acas have published new guidance on suspending an employee from work
Acas has published new guidance on suspension, where an employee continues to be employed but does not have to attend work or do any work. The guidance covers suspension as part of a disciplinary procedure, ...
June 26, 2018
Revised HR1 redundancy notification form and new employer guidance published
The Government have just updated form HR1 used to notify the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of proposals for 20 or more redundancies and have issued new guidance for employers on giving ...
August 20, 2020
EAT sets out the correct approach to determine if redundancy is the principal reason for dismissal
In Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited v Mak, Mak, a training specialist, mostly involved in setting up and developing staff at new contact centres, was made redundant after the employer decided that no more centres would ...
Article by May 2, 2014
Government announces increases to statutory payments in April 2020
The Department for Work and Pensions has published a paper setting out proposed increases to statutory payments which will apply from April 2020. Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental ...
January 26, 2020
ECJ confirms meaning of establishment for collective redundancy consultation
Following its decision in the Woolworths/Usdaw case, the ECJ has published its judgment in Lyttle and others v Bluebird UK Bidco 2 Ltd which we highlighted in our ‘cases to look out for in 2015’ ...
Article by January 8, 2016
The return to work: managing the fallout from furlough
Owing to the pandemic, an estimated 7.5 million UK jobs were put on furlough between 20 April and 10 May 2020. With that figure coming close to almost a quarter of the British population, the ...
July 10, 2020
Government sets out details of new UK points-based immigration system coming into force from 1 January 2021
After much anticipation, the Home Secretary announced on 19 February, the introduction of the new Points-Based System (PBS), timed to coincide with the UK’s full withdrawal from the EU by the end of the year. ...
March 12, 2020
Guidance launched on managing and supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse
The CIPD and the EHRC have launched guidance on managing and supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse. The guidance highlights that domestic abuse has an impact at work. Research shows that a high proportion of those ...
October 15, 2020