Acas publish advice for all employees returning from Spain
Acas have published formal advice for all employees returning from Spain after the sudden decision to reimpose quarantine. Employees returning from Spain should talk to their employer as soon as possible as they will not ...
August 3, 2020
HMRC update 5 CJRS online guides and publish 4 new pieces of guidance
HMRC have updated five pieces of online Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) guidance for employers and published four new pieces of guidance as set out below. Employers are advised to read the ‘new’ guidance in ...
June 22, 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
£9,500 award for injury to feelings after rape and erection comments
In Houlihan v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd and Mr DM, an ET was faced with a situation which sometimes crops up in harassment cases where one person says “yes you did” and the other says “no, ...
July 21, 2020
Dismissal fair for excessive use of internet for personal purposes during work time
In Hall v Weightmans LLP, during an interview to investigate why H had allegedly brought her daughter and grandchildren to the firms premises to share lunch and then leaving them on site unaccompanied, H alleged ...
July 27, 2020
UK points-based immigration system: further details statement
In February 2020, the Government published its Policy Statement on the UK’s new Points-Based Immigration System. The Home Office have now published a 130 page statement which provides further details for applicants, employers and educational ...
July 28, 2020
Almost 1,900 reports of furlough fraud to HMRC
As of 29 May, Personnel Today report that HMRC had received 1,868 reports of fraudulent use of the Coronavirus Job retention Scheme to its digital reporting service. This is more than double the number of ...
June 11, 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
Failure to address menopause amounted to sex discrimination
In Merchant v British Telecommunications plc a tribunal held that direct sex discrimination had occurred when an employer had failed to treat an employee's menopause in the same way as other medical conditions when applying ...
Article by April 18, 2012
No requirement to report gender pay gap data for 2019/20
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Government Equalities Office and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have taken the decision to suspend enforcement of the gender pay gap deadlines for this reporting year, i.e. ...
March 30, 2020