Employment news and case law

4 December, 2020

Government consults on measures designed to allow workers greater freedom to find new or additional work

Reforms are 'another step on our path to making sure the UK is the best place in the world to work', says Business Secretary

1 December, 2020

Government confirms it has no plans to extend statutory paid bereavement leave to all employees who lose a close family member or partner

Business Minister says costs of extending entitlement and additional burdens on business 'cannot be ignored'

30 November, 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether failure by Employment Tribunal to set out relevant law for its decision gave rise to an error of law

[2020] EWCA Civ 1601

30 November, 2020

Employment case law round up

26 November, 2020 Open access

Amendments to regulations setting out how a week’s pay is to be calculated for purposes of calculating statutory payments for furloughed workers in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule makes amendments in consequence of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme being extended to 31 March 2021

25 November, 2020

Chancellor announces almost £3 billion funding for new Restart Programme to help more than a million unemployed people to find work

However, Spending Review documents highlight that only £0.4 billion of the new funding will be available in 2021/2022

25 November, 2020

Government confirms national living wage and national minimum wage rates from April 2021

Recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission at the end of October 2020 are accepted in full

25 November, 2020 Open access

Government issues new Treasury Direction in relation to the third payment under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

Direction confirms that claims for SEISS 3 must be made on or before 29 January 2021

25 November, 2020 Open access

Two-thirds of self-employed people eligible to claim the second SEISS grant made a claim in the application window that closed on 19 October 2020

Monthly HMRC statistics for the second grant also show that the value of claims reached £5.9 billion

23 November, 2020

Employment case law round up

20 November, 2020 Open access

Treasury Committee renews call for government to fill ‘significant gaps’ in support offered by CJRS and SEISS

Committee also argues that, despite extension of CJRS, case remains for Chancellor to 'carefully consider' targeted support for sectors hardest hit by coronavirus

18 November, 2020 Open access

Amendments to regulations setting out how a week’s pay is to be calculated for purposes of calculating statutory payments for furloughed workers

New statutory instrument makes amendments in consequence of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme being extended to 31 March 2021

16 November, 2020

Employment case law round up

13 November, 2020 Open access

High Court rules that UK Government has failed to properly apply provisions within EU health and safety directives to ‘gig economy’ workers

[2020] EWHC 3050 (Admin)

13 November, 2020

Implementing provisions of the EU Posting of Workers Directive relating to agency workers in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

12 November, 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether public sector employer’s pay freeze policy was based on ‘cost alone’ and therefore did not have a legitimate aim capable of justifying indirect age discrimination

[2020] EWCA Civ 1487

11 November, 2020

Government urged to introduce two weeks’ statutory paid bereavement leave

Sue Ryder charity highlights that grief experienced by employees who have lost a loved one costs the UK economy £23 billion a year

9 November, 2020

Employment case law round up

5 November, 2020 Open access

Government announces extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the end of March 2021, and extra support for the self-employed

Chancellor responds to worsening economic backdrop and the need to give people and businesses security through the winter

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