COVID-19: Can UK employers require staff to be vaccinated? The UK government’s vaccination programme has gathered momentum. With over 15 million people having now received their first dose of the vaccine, it is the fastest and largest vaccination campaign in history. Whilst welcomed by many, the government’s ambitious vaccination programme raises a number of legal issues from an employment law [...]
UK Immigration in a Post-Brexit era On 1 December 2020, the Home Office launched the post-Brexit Immigration Rules which apply equally to non-EU nationals and EU nationals coming to the UK, after the UK left the EU and the transition period ended on 1 January 2021. For the first time since the UK joined the EU in 1973, European nationals [...]
The new visa scheme, open to holders of a British National (Overseas) passport and their immediate dependants, is now available with 300,000 people expected to apply. British Nationals Overseas (BNOs) are British overseas territories citizens who were able to register as BNOs by virtue of their connection with Hong Kong before 1 July 1997. In response to the Chinese and [...]
The Government has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended until 30 April 2021. Back in November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (also known as the furlough scheme) would be extended until the end of March 2021. It has now been announced that this will have a further one-month extension, until 30 April [...]
Teacher Stern act for new Williams F1 CEO David von Hagen acted for the newly appointed CEO of Williams Formula 1 Racing, Jost Capito, in the negotiation of his employment contract with Williams. David also acted for Capito in his departure from McLaren Formula 1 Racing in 2017. Capito has four decades of racing and automotive experience, listing Ford, Sauber [...]
Employer Q&A: Further Guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Following on from the Chancellor’s announcement earlier this month to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) (also known as the furlough scheme), the full guidance setting out details on making claims under the extended CJRS has been released. If anyone has any questions after reading the Q&A below, [...]
Employment Law Update – Furlough Scheme Extended The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has confirmed that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) (also known as the furlough scheme) will be further extended until the end of March 2021. The Chancellor had previously confirmed that the furlough scheme would continue to be temporarily available during England’s national lockdown which is set to be [...]
New Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules The Home Office recently published their long-awaited Statement of Changes which sets out the changes to the Immigration Rules which are to be implemented post-Brexit. The various changes are summarised below. Many of the changes will take effect between 1 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 and will subject EEA nationals and [...]
Employment Law Update - Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme With the government’s announcement of another national lockdown came the news that the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme (CJRS), also known as the furlough scheme, will continue to be available to employers during the period of lockdown. It is anticipated that England’s lockdown will last for four weeks starting on [...]
Employment Law Update - the JSS Open Yesterday, 22 October 2020, the Chancellor announced changes to the original Job Support Scheme (JSS) (further details here) . This scheme will from now be known as the JSS Open. The changes were announced following a very poor response from businesses in Tier 2 who are already suffering from a decline in business [...]
