Jennifer Carpenter from Adams Harrison attended Samuel Ward Academy secondary school in Haverhill yesterday and conducted a Magistrates’ court mock trial with students interested in a career in law. Kerrie Cavilla Perkins the assistant headteacher said; Thank you so much for yesterday and all of the time it took to prepare. It was so professional […]
Sitting at my laptop at midnight on Monday 22nd March 2020 learning about “furlough” provisions for the first time felt so surreal as an employment lawyer. The idea that you could ask your employees to go home and they would get paid (albeit reduced pay) was so novel. It was unclear when the Government would […]
Jennifer Carpenter and Anton Bilinski attended the Samuel Ward Academy careers fayre in Haverhill. Jennifer said; We met year 7 to 13 – very interested and engaging students. Exciting to know some could be future lawyers.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called for long Covid to be recognised as a disability and for Covid-19 to be classified as an occupational disease, a move that would grant legislative protections and access to compensation for workers. A TUC report demonstrated that 5% of those questioned revealed that they had lost their jobs […]
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended to the end of September 2021. However, from 1st July 2021, employers can only reclaim up to 70% of wages for hours not worked (up to the cap of £2,187.50 a month). Nevertheless, the employer must continue to pay at least 80% of the employee’s […]
On 4 June 2021, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, spoke at the Law Society, where he reflected on the justice system’s response to the pandemic and outlined the Ministry of Justice’s post-pandemic recovery plans for the justice system. In his speech he spoke, in particular about:- The pandemic “cementing” the need for remote […]
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended by the Government until 30th September 2021. However, from 1st July 2021 the level of the grant will be reduced and employers will need to contribute towards the cost of employees on furlough leave. Any employee/worker on furlough leave must receive as a minimum 80% of […]
In a very recent February 2021 Supreme Court decision (Uber and others v Aslam and others [2021] UKSC 5), the employment tribunal decision that Uber drivers are workers within the meaning of UK employment legislation has been upheld. The decision reached was predominantly based on the degree of subordination and control to which the drivers […]
The UK left the EU on the 31st January 2020 following ratification by the UK and the EU of the Withdrawal Agreement. A transition period then applied until 31st December 2020. During this time for most purposes the UK was treated as if it were still a member of the EU. Therefore, most EU law […]
Lockdown III has resulted in the further closure of schools in the country with effect from 5th January 2021. Schools remain open for children of parents/carers with a job or career deemed to be “critical” in the Government’s guidance; or for some children that are vulnerable; or, most recently added is the category for those […]
