Publications

The Government announced new national restrictions in England from 5 November 2020 until 2 December 2020 and in response to the financial implications of that, confirmed the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Extended CJRS). The Government has since announced that the Extended CJRS will remain open until 31 March 2021.

In our new briefing note, we provide an outline of important issues relating to the current, and new, Help to Buy programmes. 

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a senior NHS manager was indirectly discriminated on the grounds of her age as she was not able to secure two promotions because she was not a member of the Respondent’s ‘talent pool’.

Last week, the ICO published new detailed guidance on how organisations should handle data subject access requests.

A number of our clients have recently had an issue with High Court Enforcement Officers attending their offices to take possession of goods to satisfy a judgment debt in circumstances where our clients have not been aware of any Court action being taken. 

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have recently published 'Managing and supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse: a guide for employers'.

We live in interesting times. People talk of a ‘new normal’. Looking forward to a new steady state - not necessarily a welcome one, but at least a landscape to get to grips with and within which to operate.

Last month an Employment Tribunal held that the philosophical beliefs of an employee that gender cannot be fluid and that an individual cannot change their biological sex or gender were protected beliefs under the Equality Act 2010.

On the 25th March we published an article outlining the restrictions on a landlord exercising forfeiture. Today we revisit this, and outline what landlords can do if a tenant is in default.

Last month we reported on the Minutes from the 41st Employment Tribunals National User Group meeting, where the backlog of cases in the Employment Tribunals, caused by the abolishment of Tribunal fees in 2017 and Covid-19, was discussed.

In a ground breaking judgement, the Birmingham Employment Tribunal has ruled that non-binary and gender fluid people are protected under the Equality Act.

The Chancellor announced his new Job Support Scheme earlier today, which will be introduced from 1 November 2020 when the current Furlough Scheme expires.