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
Since 26 July and 31 July 2020, travellers returning to the UK from Spain (including the Canary and Balearic Islands) and Luxembourg respectively have been required to quarantine for 14 days. If cases of Covid-19 spike across...more
8/7/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Furloughs ,
Holidays ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Paid Leave ,
Quarantine ,
Remote Working ,
Traveling Employee ,
UK ,
Unpaid Leave ,
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
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 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 Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) has held, in Federacion de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL & ors, that for the purposes of the Working Time Directive...more