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Treasury publishes fact sheet about the Job Support Scheme

6 October 2020

5 October 2020

ET finds that Stoicism is a protected philosophical belief under S.10 EA 2010

In Jackson v Great Britain Ltd an ET had to decide whether Stoicism qualifies as a protected philosophical belief under S.10 of the Equality Act...

1 October 2020

New measures announced to tackle modern slavery in supply chains

The Government is introducing new measures to strengthen the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Public bodies which have a budget of £36 million or more, including...

30 September 2020

Government announces criminal record reform to support ex-offenders into work

Under new proposals announced by the Ministry of Justice, the time it takes for certain convictions to become ‘spent’ will be reduced so that they...

29 September 2020

Employee with Type 1 diabetes dismissed for self-isolating awarded £7,000 at employment tribunal

Wales Online report that a shop worker with Type 1 diabetes who was dismissed for self-isolating at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, after the...

28 September 2020

ET decides that gender-fluid and non-binary workers are protected under the Equality Act

S.7 of the Equality Act 2010 defines a person as having the protected characteristic of gender reassignment if the person is proposing to undergo, is...

24 September 2020

PWC study finds increasing number of employers calculating ethnicity pay gap

A PwC study of just over 100 employers has found that the percentage of companies surveyed now collecting ethnicity data on their people is up...

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Half of key workers have blown whistle on unsafe practices during Covid 19

23 September 2020

22 September 2020

Guidance for employers on testing staff for Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Department of Health & Social Care have published guidance for employers and third-party healthcare providers on Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. The guidance points out that...

21 September 2020

Evidence demonstrated paranoia not long term or likely to recur

In Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Limited, from about July 2013, following a split with a Ukrainian girlfriend, S suffered paranoid delusions that he was...

17 September 2020

Up to £3.5bn furlough claims fraudulent or paid in error

The BBC report that HM Revenue and Customs has told MPs on the Public Accounts Committee it estimates up to £3.5bn in Coronavirus Job Retention...

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Seriously offensive tweet undermined trust in individual and the profession

16 September 2020

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