Employment Law Updates

The long-awaited exit from lockdown has been delayed, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning a spike in cases of the Delta (Indian) variant could lead to a surge in hospitalisations.   COVID-19 Restrictions Continue to Impact UK Businesses On Monday 14 June 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the full easing of all lockdown restrictions […]

On 26 May 2021, Kemi Badenoch MP, the Minister for Equalities, made a statement outlining that the gendered impact of the pandemic has not been clear cut.  In summary, the Government confirmed that more men were made redundant during the pandemic than women. Although women were furloughed at a disproportionate rate than men, she stated […]

The rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament kicks off in Rome on Friday 11 June 2021 and runs through to Sunday 11 July and many Employers may be faced with staff looking to watch their team during normal working hours. With COVID-19 restrictions still in place across many parts of the UK and many employees still […]

From 1st April 2021, national minimum wage rates increased but April sees a number of further changes to Employment Laws from 4 April 2021. On 1 April 2021, we highlighted the changes to the National Minimum Wage Rates last week, but there are a number of further changes which come into effect from 4 April […]

From 1st April 2021, national minimum wage rates increase and the National Living Wage age threshold reduces. The new national minimum wage hourly rates, which come into effect from 1 April 2021 are as follows: Workers aged 23 and over (National Living Wage) – £8.91 Workers aged 21-22 – £8.36 Development rates for workers aged […]

After losing it’s lengthy Supreme Court battle just less than one month ago, Uber have announced it will give its 70,000 UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. Last month we confirmed Uber’s lengthy legal battle to overturn the 2016 Employment Tribunal (ET) decision had finally came to an end when the […]

In his Spring 2021 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended for a further five months from May until the end of September 2021. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the scheme – which pays 80% of employees’ wages for the hours they cannot work in the pandemic – would […]

In a recent survey 23% of employers said they plan to require staff to be vaccinated, but can employers impose a mandatory vaccination requirement on their employees? The Law on Mandatory Vaccinations Although current legislation (the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Coronavirus Act 2020), already gives the UK Government and devolved […]