Essential employment law news and guidance including the latest case law, legal commentary and new employment legislation for employers and HR professionals.
Working at home has led to longer hours
Loss of creative collaboration and working for an extra week a month among findings from pandemic studies of working at home.
Dr Martens shows furlough scheme a clean pair of heels
Shoe and boot firm returns furlough funds after being buoyed by significant online sales during the lockdown.
Thousands of BP staff may switch to remote working permanently
BP is planning to shift almost 50,000 of its employees to remote working as it reviews its office portfolio and...
‘Old boys’ network’: Sales exec wins sexism case against tech firm Splunk
A sales executive who earned more than £700,000 per year has won her claim for sex discrimination at an employment...
Commentary
Directors’ liabilities in the post-coronavirus workplace
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed directors to a new level of vulnerability and liability, writes Ivor Adair.
The return to work and the risk of ‘associative discrimination’
Employers could be exposing themselves to allegations of discrimination if they require employees who live with a clinically vulnerable person to return to work.
Calculating notice pay for employees on furlough
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was created at such speed that it created many unanswered questions. The government has...
Discrimination
‘Old boys’ network’: Sales exec wins sexism case against tech firm Splunk
A sales executive who earned more than £700,000 per year has won her claim for sex discrimination at an employment...
Ensure women do not lose out on maternity pay, say Labour
The Labour party has called for the government to take urgent action to ensure that those who have been pregnant...
Covid-19 job losses disproportionately hit ethnic minorities
People from ethnic minorities in the UK have been hit disproportionately by job losses and reduced hours during the Covid-19...
Redundancy
Thousands of BP staff may switch to remote working permanently
BP is planning to shift almost 50,000 of its employees to remote working as it reviews its office portfolio and...
NHS Test and Trace, TSB and Debenhams cut jobs
Thousands more job losses have been announced today, with the government stating that it no longer needs 6,000 of its...
Covid-19 job losses disproportionately hit ethnic minorities
People from ethnic minorities in the UK have been hit disproportionately by job losses and reduced hours during the Covid-19...
Tupe
CitySprint loses third worker status case
The IWGB is calling on government to better enforce employment status laws after the union took CitySprint to tribunal three...
Furlough: updated guidance confirms TUPE and overseas citizens’ eligibility
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 are eligible for furlough, the government has...
Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while...
Maternity & Paternity
Ensure women do not lose out on maternity pay, say Labour
The Labour party has called for the government to take urgent action to ensure that those who have been pregnant...
Extend paid bereavement leave right beyond parents, urges CIPD
The right to bereavement leave and pay should be extended to all employees experiencing a close family bereavement, not just...
MP’s bid to protect women from unfair redundancy gets over first hurdle
Maria Miller's proposals aim to bolster rights of women on maternity leave, who are often considered an easy target for redundancy.
