Ebriefings

From April, we are expecting increases to the National Minimum Wage, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Statutory Family-Related Pay and Statutory Sick Pay.

It may be difficult to get a doctor’s appointment, harder still book a food delivery slot but seemingly easier to have an unfair dismissal claim heard!

The Coronavirus has, during this year-long pandemic, caused employers to ask questions many thought they would never ask.

The last 12 months have seen changes to our society, not experienced since the upheaval and loss of the world wars last century.

The proposals concerning dynamic purchasing systems (DPS) and framework agreements are the most disappointing aspect of the Green Paper.

One of the stated aims of the Green Paper is “to deliver the best commercial outcomes with the least burden on the public sector”.

The Supreme Court has today (19 March 2021) handed down judgment in the cases of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad (t/a Clifton House Residential Home).

The long and arduous legal process to determine what the National Minimum Wage regulations mean on the question of workers’ ‘sleep-in’ pay is coming to an end.

On 11 February 2021, the Pension Schemes Act 2021 was given royal assent, setting out a framework for several major changes that will certainly be of interest to employers and pension funds alike.

This is the next ebriefing in our series on the Government’s Green Paper: Transforming public procurement, looking at the Chapter 4 proposals in relation to the selection of tenderers.

The Government has announced a further extension on the stay on evictions until 31 May 2021 and an extension on the requirement for six months’ notice to be given to tenants.

A lot has been happening over the last month; from the Government’s budget announcement to interesting case law regarding charity trustees and their duties.