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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Flexible furlough – an eleventh-hour reprieve

Employment Law Journal | December 2020

Alison Garrow sets out the key issues for employers and their advisers to consider following the extension of the furlough scheme to 31 March

Dismissals: Manage the risks of a fire and rehire strategy

Employment Law Journal | September 2020

Although making changes to employees’ terms and conditions can avoid the need for redundancies, there are numerous pitfalls that employers need to watch out for, warns Claire Wilson

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Flexible furlough: rewriting the rules

Employment Law Journal | June 2020

Rose Smith looks at the new ‘commandments’ that employers must follow before making claims under the updated furlough scheme

Coronavirus: COVID-19 – key issues for employers

Employment Law Journal | March 2020

Naomi Jameson explains how employers can meet employment law, health and safety and immigration requirements if they are affected by the coronavirus outbreak

Legal reform: New year, new law: what can you expect to see in 2020?

Employment Law Journal | November 2019

Verity Saxon sets out the changes to employment law that she expects will come into force next year

Casual workers: All you do is take, take, take

Employment Law Journal | October 2019

Declan Bradley investigates the government’s proposals for ending ‘one-sided flexibility’ and considers what employers can do to prepare

Unlawful inducements: Can an employer bypass a trade union when changing terms?

Employment Law Journal | July 2019

Mike Hibberd looks at the lessons from an appeal court ruling on agreeing changes in terms and conditions directly with employees if negotiations with the recognised trade union break down

Agency workers: Is hirer liability on the increase?

Employment Law Journal | June 2019

Declan Bradley explains how to reduce the legal and financial risks of using agency workers in light of the abolition of the Swedish derogation and a recent ruling on a hirer’s liabilities to underpaid agency staff

Immigration: Home Office updates its guidance on right-to-work checks

Employment Law Journal | November 2017

Following the publication of revised government guidance, Charlotte Jayaseelan explores what checks employers need to make to comply with the duty to prevent illegal working

Discrimination Survey: Age before beauty?

Employment Law Journal | October 2014

A recent survey has revealed the impact of business size and employee age on levels of discrimination in the workplace, writes Tina Wisener