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4th December 2020
Managing data of staff and customers who may test positive or need to self-isolate
The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) classifies information about an employee's health as a "special category data". This means that it can only be processed by the employer…
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ACAS Early Conciliation period extended
Any employee or ex-employee contemplating an Employment Tribunal claim, must go through the ACAS Early Conciliation (EC) process, as a pre-condition before a claim can be filed. If…
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The real aims of redundancy
Redundancy dismissals mean that the employees who leave are no longer wanted. It may be that their work is no longer needed, or that it can be done…
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10th November 2020
How will the Furlough Scheme extension work?
When the country first went into national lockdown in March 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – better known as the ‘Furlough Scheme’. The…
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7th October 2020
Agreed redundancy principles
In what is perhaps a display of rare unity, a joint statement has been issued by ACAS, the CBI and TUC about handling redundancies in these challenging Coronavirus…
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Changes to the employment tribunal regime
There is an old legal saying that ‘Justice delayed is justice denied.’ Whichever side you are on in an employment claim, delay in getting to a Tribunal hearing…
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Self-isolation – What are the new regulations which introduce legal requirements to self-isolate and how do they affect employers?
The new self-isolation regulations (in England only) breach of which can lead to criminal sanction, came into force at the beginning of Monday 28 September 2020. Among other…
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Coronavirus Job Support Scheme
The Chancellor announced on 24 September 2020 the Job Support Scheme (JSS), which replaces the flexible furlough scheme. This is intended to safeguard viable jobs by providing ongoing…
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24th September 2020
Eviction and your obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. What is the current eviction process? How does this differ from the process before the pandemic? The usual eviction process is initially to serve either a section…
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11th August 2020
Furlough and SSP – Latest Developments
1. Calculation of a Week's Pay On 31 July 2020, the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week's Pay) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/814) came into force.…