Employment news and case law

4 February, 2022

Supreme Court’s Unison judgment ‘strayed beyond the proper boundaries of where judicial review should lie’

Attorney General advises Justice Committee that this is why 'a debate is needed about the boundaries of judicial review being properly drawn'

3 February, 2022

High Court rules that an employer could not terminate employees’ contracts and then re-engage them on terms that did not include earlier contractual assurances on pay

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers & Ors v Tesco Stores Ltd [2022] EWHC 201 (QB)

2 February, 2022

Kickstart scheme’s failure to hit its target is because the ‘wider economic recovery has been so strong’

Minister confirms that, less than two months before the scheme is due to close, only 122,000 jobs have been started against a target of 250,000

1 February, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that where employee was denied the opportunity to exercise the right to paid annual leave, the right did not lapse but carried over and accumulated until termination of his contract

Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 70

1 February, 2022 Open access

Government to consult on removing vaccination as a condition of employment for health and social care staff

Secretary of State tells parliament that it's not only right but responsible to revisit the balance of risks and opportunities that guided the government's original decision last year.

1 February, 2022 Open access

Wales TUC launches survey in response to increase in workers reporting sexual harassment during Covid-19 pandemic

Results will help support union representatives in combatting perpetrators, and to campaign for an end to sexual harassment for everyone

31 January, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

24 January, 2022

DWP expands Restart scheme to include universal credit claimants who have been unemployed for nine months or more

New edition of Touchbase also outlines discretionary grounds for referring claimants to the scheme who have been unemployed for shorter periods

24 January, 2022

Government confirms that Identification Document Validation Technology will enable more people to verify their immigration status online to comply with the ‘right to rent’ and ‘right to work’ regimes

Certified service providers will carry out the checks on behalf of landlords, letting agents and employers, making ID checking 'quicker, easier and more secure'

24 January, 2022

Employment case law round up

17 January, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that agreement allowing a partner in an accountancy firm to stay on beyond normal retirement date was a ‘once and for all event’ for the purposes of deciding whether a discrimination claim had been brought in time

Parr v MSR Partners LLP & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 24

17 January, 2022

Employment

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Supreme Court’s Unison judgment ‘strayed beyond the proper boundaries of where judicial review should lie’

High Court rules that an employer could not terminate employees’ contracts and then re-engage them on terms that did not include earlier contractual assurances on pay

Kickstart scheme’s failure to hit its target is because the ‘wider economic recovery has been so strong’

Court of Appeal rules that where employee was denied the opportunity to exercise the right to paid annual leave, the right did not lapse but carried over and accumulated until termination of his contract

Government to consult on removing vaccination as a condition of employment for health and social care staff

Wales TUC launches survey in response to increase in workers reporting sexual harassment during Covid-19 pandemic

Results will help support union representatives in combatting perpetrators, and to campaign for an end to sexual harassment for everyone

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

DWP expands Restart scheme to include universal credit claimants who have been unemployed for nine months or more

Government confirms that Identification Document Validation Technology will enable more people to verify their immigration status online to comply with the ‘right to rent’ and ‘right to work’ regimes

Employment case law round up

Court of Appeal rules that agreement allowing a partner in an accountancy firm to stay on beyond normal retirement date was a ‘once and for all event’ for the purposes of deciding whether a discrimination claim had been brought in time

Employment case law round up

Extending right to be provided with PPE to ‘gig economy’ workers

Requiring health and social care staff to have received complete course of Covid-19 vaccination

Employment case law round up

Employment case law round up

Migration Advisory Committee urges government to review ban on employment for asylum seekers

Almost 11 million people were furloughed over the lifetime of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme