Collective bargaining Industrial relations Trade unions Employers must exhaust collective bargaining before making a “one-off offer” directly to represented employees By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Sick pay Sickness absence UK Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to end on 30 September 2021 By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Right to work checks Adjustments to “Right to Work” checks further extended by UK government By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Job Retention Scheme Redundancy and business reorganisation Redundancy payments Making furloughed employees redundant By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Employee welfare Wellbeing Keeping employees connected during and after furlough By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Job Retention Scheme Redundancy and business reorganisation Termination Tribunal claims Unfair dismissal When is it reasonable to dismiss rather than to furlough? By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Government proposals England’s summer 2021 roadmap to freedom: implications for employers By Laura Morrison
Employee welfare Modern Slavery Act National Minimum Wage Working conditions UK confirms intention to establish single enforcement body for employment rights By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Job Retention Scheme UK coronavirus job retention scheme: government grant tapering from 1 July 2021 By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Right to work checks UK measures on temporary right to work checks extended until 20 June 2021 By Laura Morrison
Health and safety UK legislative amendments expand health and safety protections to workers By Laura Morrison
COVID-19 Job Retention Scheme UK job retention scheme: extended until 30 September 2021 By Laura Morrison