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BDBF’S 2021 Employment Law Tracker
Our tracker highlights new domestic and EU legislation, key Private Members’ Bills and Government consultations for legislative reform.
December 16, 2020 No Comments
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Reflecting on employment law cases and developments in 2020
Dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the workforce has held the top spot on the HR to-do list for most of 2020.
December 16, 2020 No Comments
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Government announces new consultation on restrictive covenants
Does the current law on non-compete clauses stifle the creation of start-ups? And should the law be changed?
December 2, 2020 No Comments
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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 November 2020 onwards – a guide for employers
This is BDBF’s guide to how the third phase of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (i.e. furlough) will operate between 1 November 2020 and 31 January 2021.
December 1, 2020 No Comments
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Collective redundancies: new ECJ ruling on how to calculate numbers of redundancies
If employers are proposing to make more than 20 people from a single establishment redundant within a 90-day period, they have to go through onerous collective consultation procedures. But when does the 90-day reference period start and end?
December 1, 2020 No Comments
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A strategy for dealing with informal complaints of bullying
The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has avoided being sanctioned for bullying on the grounds that no formal complaints were made against her at the time and she was unaware of the impact of her behaviour.
December 1, 2020 No Comments
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Company was entitled to terminate its relationship with a contractor without giving notice despite being in breach of contract itself
A recent High Court decision demonstrates that where a Company has breached the express or implied terms of the contract, if the response or reaction from the other party itself amounts to a breach, the Company may still be able to rely on the other party’s breach and terminate the contract with immediate effect.
December 1, 2020 No Comments
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What does a second national lockdown mean for employers?
On 31 October 2020, the Prime Minister announced a second national lockdown across England starting on Thursday, 5 November 2020. In this briefing, we outline the consequences of the new “stay at home” guidance for employers and the one-month extension to the furlough scheme.
November 2, 2020 No Comments
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Job Support Scheme: expansion of the scheme and further details released
Last month we reported on the new wage subsidy scheme designed to replace the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (i.e. furlough) from 1 November 2020. With further restrictions imposed on businesses under the new coronavirus alert levels, the Chancellor has been forced to revise and expand the scheme. In addition, further details of how the scheme will operate have been released.
October 30, 2020 No Comments
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New Bill gives employees the right to know colleagues’ salaries and expands pay reporting obligations
A new Bill seeking to increase transparency in the field of equal pay and expand pay reporting obligations to smaller organisations has begun its passage through Parliament. In this briefing we bring you up to date with what is proposed.
October 30, 2020 No Comments
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New ICO guidance on responding to data subject access requests
On 21 September 2020 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published detailed guidance on how organisations should respond to data subject access requests (DSARs). The new guidance supplements the ICO’s “in brief” guidance on DSARs and is intended to provide users with a deeper understanding of how to apply the right of access in practice.
October 30, 2020 No Comments
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New COVID-19 rules and guidance for office-based employers as the second wave of the pandemic hits
Should office workers work at home or in the office? In this briefing, we consider the new guidance, together with other relevant changes for office-based employers concerning face coverings, the “rule of six”, self-isolation and test and trace at work.
October 2, 2020 No Comments
