Dechert's London Employment Team is pleased to present The Employment Edit, Autumn 2021 – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and...more
Introduction - The annual increases to the compensation limits applying to certain UK employment claims have now been published. The maximum compensation which can be awarded by the Employment Tribunal in “ordinary” unfair...more
Introduction - The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget on 3 March 2021 that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), also known as the furlough scheme, will be extended for a further five months until 30...more
Employers will have 6 months longer than usual – until 5 October 2021 - to comply with their 2020/2021 gender pay gap reporting obligations which, in contrast to the 2019/2021 reporting period, have not been suspended....more
2/24/2021
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Labor Regulations ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour
A further update to the HM Treasury Direction concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) was published on 26 January 2021 making some further adjustments to the rules governing its operation. ...more
2/8/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Retention ,
Furloughs ,
Government Lockdown ,
HMRC ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Relief Measures ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
Enforcement of the obligation on UK employers of the requisite size to file gender pay gap reports was suspended in respect of 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The obligation to comply with the applicable gender pay gap...more
1/22/2021
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Furloughs ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
In keeping with its tradition of issuing updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) on Fridays, the guidance issued earlier this week on the extended CJRS has been amended this evening in relation to the...more
Following the recent announcement of the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS or “furlough scheme”) and the suspension of the Government’s Job Support Scheme and Job Retention Bonus and then of the further...more
The Government announced shortly after midday Thursday that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is now extended until 31 March 2021....more
Along with the announcement by the UK Government on Saturday, 31 October 2020 of increased lockdown restrictions in England with effect from 5 November 2020, came the news that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS),...more
On 22 October 2020, the UK Government announced further changes to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) which will replace the existing Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), also known as the furlough scheme, when that scheme...more
10/26/2020
/ Amended Rules ,
Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Eligibility ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
HMRC ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Job Support Scheme ,
Paid Leave ,
PAYE ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
In this OnPoint, we report on the legislation now enacted requiring employers to use an employee’s normal unreduced pay when making statutory redundancy and other payments to those whose employment is terminated while they...more
8/1/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Rights Act ,
Furloughs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Payments ,
Pay Reductions ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Redundancy Payments ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
On Friday 26 June 2020 the Government published the third Treasury Direction concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) which governs the operation of the Scheme in respect of the period from 1 July 2020...more
In this OnPoint we report on the UK Government’s recently announced consultation on the taxation and clawback regime which will apply in relation to grants made to employers under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the...more
6/9/2020
/ Clawbacks ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Retention ,
Furloughs ,
Grants ,
HMRC ,
Insolvency ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Personal Liability ,
Relief Measures ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
In this OnPoint we report on the recently announced extension of and changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) with a reminder that the last date for furloughing staff for the first time for the purposes of...more
The development by HMRC of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”), now extended in its operation until the end of June 2020, has involved numerous iterations of its guidance for employers and employees, the...more
4/20/2020
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Funding ,
Furloughs ,
HMRC ,
Holiday Pay ,
Holidays ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
This OnPoint reports on the further detail issued about the operation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on Wednesday, 15 April 2020.
Introduction -
On Wednesday, 15 April 2020, the UK Government confirmed – by way...more
4/18/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Furloughs ,
HMRC ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
PAYE ,
Sick Employees ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour
The UK Government has issued further detail about its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. In this OnPoint we report on some of the specific issues relating to the operation of this scheme now addressed in more detail in the...more
4/6/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Furloughs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Paid Leave ,
Redundancy Payments ,
UK ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour
The annual increases to the compensation limits applying to certain UK employment claims have now been published and will take effect in April 2020. An Order laid before Parliament will increase the maximum compensation which...more
3/5/2020
/ Compensatory Awards ,
International Labor Laws ,
Paid Leave ,
Paternity Leave ,
Rate of Pay ,
Redundancy Payments ,
Sick Pay ,
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) ,
UK ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Wage and Hour
The Court of Appeal has held that, under the equality law of England and Wales, it is not unlawfully discriminatory on the basis of sex for an employer to enhance the maternity pay it pays to female employees beyond the...more
5/29/2019
/ Appeals ,
Direct Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Indirect Discrimination ,
Maternity Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
Paternity Leave ,
Sex Discrimination ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
The UK Government today announced its response to “Good Work: the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.” This was an independent review commissioned by the Government and published in July 2017 into the changing British...more
2/8/2018
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Gig Economy ,
HMRC ,
Holiday Pay ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Minimum Wage ,
National Insurance Contributions ,
Sick Pay ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
The Hampton-Alexander Review (the “Review”), an independent, business led review supported by the UK Government, has published its ‘one year on’ supplementary report on gender balance in FTSE leadership....more
11/17/2017
/ Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
FTSE ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Leadership ,
Pay Gap ,
Performance Reviews ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Woman Board Members
The long awaited final draft of the Gender Pay Gap Regulations was published on 6th December 2016. The Regulations are scheduled to come into force on 6th April 2017. This OnPoint summarises the provisions of the Regulations...more
The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held on 9 March 2016 in Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Donaldson that it was not unlawfully discriminatory for an employer to suspend the payment of childcare vouchers during...more
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has today issued its judgment in the case of Lock v British Gas in which it has confirmed that, in order to comply with EU law, the UK Working Time Regulations should be interpreted to provide...more