Earlier this month, the government told us more about the Job Retention Bonus. Announced by Rishi Sunak some time ago now, this is the £1,000 per person you can claim in relation to each furloughed employee who you are able to keep in employment through to the end of January 2021. There is a short list of other criteria to meet but, if you qualify, you must make your claim between 15th January and 31st March 2021, so set yourself a reminder to do it. Further guidance is here.
As employment specialists we are often asked…. to quantify what an “injury to feelings” award might be worth if a claim is successful… but the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) recently gave some helpful guidance in its judgment in the case of Graham v Eddie Stobart.
This article deals with the 29 December 2024 judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Mr. P Hemmings v Mischon De Reya LLP, and focuses on Mr. Hemmings’ claim for constructive unfair dismissal. Although this is a first-instance judgment and it therefore does not bind future Tribunals to interpret…
This article provides a short summary of Bev Gleeson’s successful claim of indirect sex discrimination (she also succeeded in her unlawful deduction of wages claim) in respect of her employer’s decision to deny employees on a career break a one-off £1,500 payment (which was paid to all other…
Since the draft Employment Rights Bill 2024 was published in October, we have had various requests from employer clients asking us what they need to be doing to do to prepare for the proposed changes to employment law