Month: October 2020

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced last week extension of the Job Support Scheme.

We are currently advising our employer and employee clients alike in relation to:

Rishi Sunak’s Job Support Scheme

• which employers and employees qualify?
• what are the rules of the scheme for businesses closed due to lockdown?
• what are the rules of the scheme for businesses not closed due to lockdown?
• how does it differ from the furlough scheme?
• what happens if there is not enough work for the employee?
• what if the employee cannot work due to ill health (including Covid)?

We are also advising our clients on:

• the job retention bonus
• the new criminal offence of allowing self-isolating workers to come to work
• injunctions and interim relief

Further advice is being given to our clients on:

Health & Safety Detriments / Dismissals in the time of Coronavirus

• sections 44 and 100 of the Employment Rights Act 1996
• what is meant by ‘serious’ and ‘imminent’ danger to health?
• is commuting to work covered?
• are employees entitled to be paid if staying at home under s44?
• how employers should deal with employees who refuse to come into work – the practical answer

And we have updates upon request for clients who are interested in relation to:

3 of the latest most important (in our opinion) caselaw developments:

• Constructive dismissal (Phoenix Academy Trust v Kilroy)
• Personality clash dismissals (Gallacher v Abellio Scotrail)
• Changing contract terms after a TUPE transfer (Astrea Asset Management)

As always, if you have any questions or require any further details about these issues, please reach out either Navraj (on 07876 140121 or rai@rummlaw.co.uk) or David (on 07899 865909 or rumm@rummlaw.co.uk).