The Court of Appeal has recently provided a judgement on the interpretation of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (‘AWR 2010’) in the context of the extent to which agency workers should be informed of vacancies by the business where they are...
As has been widely reported, the COVID restrictions in England will be progressively removed between 24th February 2022 and 1st April 2022, following the Government’s new guidance “COVID-19 Response: Living With COVID-19”. In this article, we...
Welcome to our first Update of 2022. Happy New Year and this year ‘things can only get better’ (as Brian Cox once sang in his band D-Ream before he became Professor Brian Cox and all-round smiley universe expert). We say goodbye to another year...
The Regulations On 6 January 2022 the Secretary of State signed into law Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/15); https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/15/made. The...
On Tuesday 4 January, Boris Johnson announced that “Plan B” rules would remain in place. This means the current guidance is such that employees should work from home where they are able to (this has been the guidance since 13 December 2021 in...
As many of you will be aware, over the last few years there has been a number of high-profile cases which have addressed the difficult concept of whether individuals working in the ‘gig economy’ are employees, workers or self-employed. Last...
On 21 December 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out a £1bn fund to help businesses hit by the significant rise in COVID cases: Restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres will be eligible (in the coming weeks) to apply for a one-off grant of up to...
As we have mentioned recently, a number of tribunal decisions relating to Covid-19 are finally being published and casting some light on the challenges that have been faced by employers in dealing with such an unprecedented period. The two most...
On 19th July 2021 the Government removed its guidance advising employees, wherever possible, to work from home; however, it is undeniable that a long-term consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased ability to work from home, even in...
COVID-related cases continue to emerge from the employment tribunal. Many cases are showing that claimants are relying on the provisions of section 100 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, which give automatic unfair dismissal protection for...
A number of cases involving COVID-related dismissals are now emerging from the tribunals. One such case is Accattatis v Fortuna Group (London) Ltd. In this case, during the early period of lockdown in March/April 2020, the claimant asked to work...
Unlike unfair dismissal compensation, which is limited to financial loss, discrimination compensation can also cover non-financial losses, which more often than not will include an award for ‘injury to feelings’. This means that in some...
