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  • 19 October 2020
  • Employment

£40,000 in penalties for failure to inform and consult

The Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in Verizon European Works Council v Verizon Group highlights the risk of bypassing established statutory mechanisms for informing and consulting with the workforce. Where these arrangements are national works councils or European Works Councils (EWCs), this can lead to penalties of up to £75,000.
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  • 16 October 2020
  • Immigration

Immigration Health Surcharge increase effective from 27 October 2020

The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is a mandatory fee payable to the Home Office when applying for a long-term visa. The Surcharge, which was initially introduced in 2015, has seen regular increases since its inception. On 27 October 2020, the IHS will increase to £624 for most applicants.
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  • 15 October 2020
  • Employment

Update: Oxford University to pay professor forced to retire at 68

The employment tribunal also ordered Oxford to reinstate the professor after he won his claims for age discrimination and unfair dismissal. The Tribunal set out the reinstatement for a fixed maximum term which will expire on 30 September 2021. This was the date on which the Claimant had intended to retire from the Respondent before his dismissal
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  • 15 October 2020
  • Employment

The Expanded Job Support Scheme: Extra cash for businesses forced to close by new lockdowns

The Job Support Scheme, initially announced on the 24th September, was expanded by the Chancellor on the 9th October 2020. The expanded scheme, formally known as the “Job Support Scheme Expansion for Closed Business Premises” is intended to support businesses that are legally required to close due to local or national coronavirus restrictions. As with the Job Support Scheme, the expanded scheme starts on November 1st and runs for 6 months.
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  • 12 October 2020
  • Brexit

Important procurement announcement for International Trade

In welcome news for UK businesses who bid for overseas government contracts, the UK government has negotiated for the UK to continue as a party to the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) from 1 January 2021 as an independent country.
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  • 12 October 2020
  • Corporate and M&A

Corporate Transparency and Register Reform

Following lengthy consultation that began in May 2019, the Government has now published its response to proposed changes to the role of Companies House, and increased corporate transparency amongst companies and legal entities. The consultation was vast, 1320 formal and unique responses were submitted.

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  • 12 October 2020
  • Employment

CBI gets set to launch Change the Race Ratio campaign – what does the Equality Act 2010 say about positive action in the workplace?

At the end of October, the Confederation of British Industry will be launching a campaign to increase racial and ethnic participation in British businesses. Last week Legal and General Investment Manager (the UK’s biggest fund manager) warned FTSE 100 companies that it would openly vote against the re-election of a Board’s Chair if it failed to include at least one black, Asian or other ethnic minority (BME) member on its board by January 2022. Around 37% of FTSE 100 companies currently have all white boards.
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  • 12 October 2020
  • Employment

School worker’s LGBTQ+ related social media activity justifies dismissal

A teacher who brought discrimination and harassment claims against her ex-employer has had her case rejected by the Bristol Employment Tribunal. Kristie Higgs, a Christian who worked at Farmor’s School as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager, argued that the school had dismissed her because of her religious beliefs.
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  • 09 October 2020
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

What can be done to challenge your service charges?

As businesses increasingly look to cutting their costs in order to make up for losses suffered during the pandemic, careful scrutiny of service charges bills is more important than ever, especially for tenants occupying multi-let buildings.
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  • 09 October 2020
  • Public Procurement

New Public Procurement rules to help communities recover from COVID-19

The Government announced new public procurement rules on 24 September 2020 requiring Central Government buyers to evaluate the “social value” of bids when tendering for public contracts (Public Policy Notice 06/20).

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  • 08 October 2020
  • Employment

Job retention bonus: will it tip the balance?

This month, the government has confirmed the details of the coronavirus job retention bonus (JRB) scheme.

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  • 08 October 2020
  • Employment

Equality Act – 10 years later

The Equality Act 2010 was designed to simplify and strengthen protection from discrimination, and support progress towards equality.

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