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Treasury announces new package of measures to support job retention and creation

13 July 2020

10 July 2020

The return to work: managing the fallout from furlough

Prime Minister Boris Johnson first announced phase two and the roadmap out of lockdown on Sunday 10 May. Followed by the release of further guidance...

9 July 2020

Only 13% of UK working parents want to go back to ‘the old normal’

A survey of 1,500 people carried out for Bright Horizons, the nursery provider, suggests that many working parents realise that large parts of their jobs...

8 July 2020

New research finds 44% of carers struggling to combine work and care

The CIPD and University of Sheffield report ‘Supporting working carers’ examines the ability of working carers to combine caring responsibilities with paid employment. Almost 3.7...

7 July 2020

Proportionality of disability-related dismissal requires balancing exercise

The EAT’s decision in Department of Work and Pensions v Boyers is a reminder of how the law applies to objective justification in S.15 of...

6 July 2020

Less favourable treatment after announcing divorce was marital status discrimination

Claims for direct marital discrimination are rare and the proceedings in this case, Bacon v (1) Advanced Fire Solutions Ltd (2) Ellis were set against...

3 July 2020

As the UK prepares to set its own laws, what does the future hold for employment law?

In past generations, the ultimate goal was to become an employee, with a job for life and families following one another into the same business....

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Citizens Advice helping one person every two minutes with a redundancy issue

2 July 2020

1 July 2020

BITC updated report shows just 1.5% of people in senior private sector roles are black

Updated figures from Business In The Community’s 2014 report Race at the Top shows that despite black people making up more than 3% of the...

30 June 2020

Latest HMRC Bulletin provides employer support for Covid 19 related issues

The June edition of the HMRC Employer Bulletin contains updates to support employers and payroll agents through the Coronavirus pandemic, with the very latest information...

29 June 2020

Scotland – Early workforce planning is essential to mitigate flexible furlough teething problems

It’s important for employers to engage in early workforce planning to mitigate flexible working teething problems. When the Chancellor announced the extension of the furlough...

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£52,000 compensation after suffering degrading racial and sexual orientation abuse

29 June 2020

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