Our Lorraine Emery successfully represented Ms Simone Cousins in the Norwich Employment Tribunal against her former employer for pregnancy discrimination. Ms Cousins was awarded over £40,000 and we are pleased to say that this case made both the local (Northampton Chronicle and Echo) and national press (The Times). A link to the local press article […]
Importance of Decision Marker’s Reason for Dismissing
Initially, the Employment Tribunal (ET) upheld Mr Mohammed’s claims for discrimination arising from disability and unfair dismissal against ummins Limited. The claims arose from Mr Mohamed going away to Pakistan during a period when Cummins had instigated disciplinary proceedings against him. Mr Mohamed was dismissed in his absence. Cummins appealed against the ET’s decision. Some […]
Covid 19: ACAS Guidance for Dealing with Long Covid
It is widely recognised that some people are suffering from long Covid. Symptoms can include fatigue and problems with memory and concentration (“brain fog”). ACAS has produced advice for employers and employees on how to deal with this. This can be found here It sets out what an employer should do when workers are suffering […]
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Sixth Update – Annual Leave? Now Answered
Finally! The Government has just announced guidance on Annual Leave during Furlough Leave. Here is the link. However, in summary here are the two key points to note:- It is possible for employees to take annual leave while on Furlough Leave. If an employee takes annual leave whilst on Furlough Leave then the employer must […]
Coronavirus job retention scheme – Update – extended to end of June 2020
The Government have today announced that the coronavirus job retention scheme has been extended to 30th June 2020 – see here. The reason for this announcement today could well be that large businesses who may have been contemplating making 100 or more redundancies within a period of 90 days would otherwise may have started collective […]
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – fourth Government update and Treasury Direction issued
The Treasury has issued a Direction to HMRC pursuant to its powers under the Coronavirus Act 2020 to give authority for HMRC to administer payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The Direction and “Schedule” which sets out the details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) are here. It will be noted that […]