April 2021 Newsletter April 2021 Review Welcome to our review of employment law news in April 2021. Law firms in focus A former partner in Freeths Solicitors has won a disability discrimination claim resulting from how he was treated after being diagnosed with mental health problems and “burn out”. As reported by Legal Futures, Mike Taplin…
Welcome to our March newsletter. We have moved! We’ve been very busy during lockdown. As well as providing our full range of legal services, we have just completed our move to newly refurbished offices at St. Nicholas House, Old Churchyard, Liverpool L2 8TX. Our offices are located just opposite the Mercure Atlantic Tower Hotel with…
Welcome to our February newsletter. It’s been a busy month so here goes! The “one way road to freedom” On 22 February, Boris Johnson announced to Parliament, and subsequently the nation, his much awaited “roadmap”, setting out the earliest dates by which the current restrictions might be relaxed in the coming months. You can view…
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2021 It’s been a tough 10 months for nearly everyone and unimaginably so for those have been directly touched by the effects of COVID-19, particularly those who have lost loved ones and those who have suffered the worst of this dreadful virus, whether it be personal health, economic and/or…
Welcome to our final newsletter of what has been an extraordinary 2020. Normally, our December newsletter includes news about what to expect in 2021 but, needless to say, I’m not going to be foolhardy enough to predict anything beyond the basics at this stage. All we do know is that the workplace and general upheaval…
Welcome to our November newsletter. I really didn’t think, back in March, that I would still be sending out “emergency” newsletters, based on the latest Government press releases about the pandemic but, here we are, and I think that the latest news suggests that we are going to see little relief for the next few…
Welcome to our October newsletter Part time job support scheme Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced his successor to the furlough scheme and, to be fair, it was not well received by employers. The key features were that: Employees must work 33% of their usual hours Employers were to pay employees for 33% of these hours PLUS…
Welcome to our September newsletter. As has been usual over the last few months, there is so much to report that, rather than having individual posts, I will try to summarise as much as possible that is relevant for SMEs here. Of course, much of what follows could change significantly in the coming days but…
Welcome to our August newsletter. It’s been another month when keeping up with all the news about employment and work has been well nigh impossible. I’ll therefore focus on some of the more interesting aspects of this rapidly evolving situation, as well as taking a look at what we might expect in the coming months.…
Updated 28 July 2020 (see foot of page) Late last Saturday afternoon many people were taken by surprise by the introduction of 14-day quarantines for people entering the UK from Spain and its islands. When interviewed on Sunday morning, Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab said that the possibility had arisen last Friday afternoon and the decision…