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Employers to Lead on Lifetime Skills and Post-16 Education

Employers to Lead on Lifetime Skills and Post-16 Education Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Adam McGlynn On 18 May 2021, the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill 2021-22 was placed before Parliament with the hope of revolutionising the training and employability of young people in the UK. The Bill follows January’s Skills for Jobs White Paper which proposed...
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Supreme Court to decide on equal holiday entitlement between part-year workers and year-round workers

The Supreme Court will decide if workers who only work part of the year should receive the same holiday entitlement as workers who work all year round Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Daniel Evans In the case of The Harpur Trust v Brazel, the Court of Appeal held that workers who are engaged under a...
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Supreme Court gives Uber 1-star as employment claim reaches its final destination

Supreme Court gives Uber 1-star as employment claim reaches its final destination Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Adam McGlynn For the past few years we have accompanied Uber in their long-haul legal battle to determine the future of ‘worker’ status in the gig economy. During this ride-along, the common gig-economy practice of categorising service providers...
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Bright Sparks (hidden skillsets of junior lawyers)

Head of Employment, Claire Knowles and Solicitor Adam McGlynn will be speaking in this free, one-hour event aimed to share the experiences of junior lawyers in Wales – to see how their hidden skillsets have been discovered and embraced by their employers and the value this trust has added to the firms and its clients....
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Right to Work Checks – In the UK, in a Pandemic, in 2021.

Join Acuity’s Employment and Immigration team as they go through the principles and obligations of right to work checks and changes employers need to be aware of in light of the Coronavirus pandemic and the end of the Brexit transition period. Key questions covered will include: • What sanctions could be imposed for employing an...
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Breaking News: Further Support Announced for Struggling Businesses

Breaking News: Further Support Announced for Struggling Businesses Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Rebecca Mahon Rishi Sunak has announced additional support for struggling businesses in the face of national and local lockdowns. This includes making changes to the Job Support Scheme, which hasn’t even come into force yet. It is due to come into effect...
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New Tribunal Rules

New Tribunal Rules Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Rebecca Mahon The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 were laid before Parliament yesterday (17 September 2020). The majority of the new rules come into force on 8 October with a certain number of provisions (relating...
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