The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 came into force on 1 October 2024 (the Act). The Act makes it mandatory for all tips to be passed onto workers without deductions. The underlying principle is that employees will receive tips, gratuities, and service charges in full, and they must be allocated in a fair and transparent way by their employer. [...]
The King's Speech: Enhancing Employment and Renters' Rights His Majesty King Charles III has set out the government’s priorities and proposed policies for the next parliamentary session at the State Opening of Parliament last week. Amongst other proposals, the reform of employment law, a pillar of Labour’s election campaign, along with the Renters’ Rights Bill has drawn our attention. Employment [...]
This week there is a second reading of the proposed Carer’s Leave Bill 2022-2023 in the House of Commons. The second reading is only the second stage of a Bill being considered in the House of Commons, before it can then proceed to be considered by the House of Lords. If this Bill is introduced the current proposal would grant [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
