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Employment Bulletin - November 2020 Use of talent pool for promotion; responding to data subject access requests; Breach of implied duty of trust and confidence; Failure to return to work
Redundancy in focus: The insolvency angle In the third episode of our ‘Redundancies in focus’ podcast series, Philippa O’Malley, Dave Rintoul and Clare Fletcher discuss some key issues for employers and insolvency practitioners when facing the prospect of redundancies. These include timing issues...
COVID-19: Second national lockdown – employment implications On 31 October, the Prime Minister announced new national restrictions, to apply from Thursday 5 November. The key points for employers to note are as follows:
Pensions Bulletin - October 2020 Welcome to the October 2020 Pensions Bulletin from Slaughter and May. In this month’s edition, we analyse the Pensions Regulator’s guidance for employers and trustees on transfers to DB superfunds. We report on the Pension Protection...
Redundancy in focus: “People not employees” In the second episode of our ‘Redundancies in focus’ podcast series, Lizzie Twigger, Katherine Flower and Clare Fletcher discuss the ‘people’ angle, and consider how traditional labels, terminology and mindset on redundancies need to adapt in the current...
Redundancy in Focus - Brexit and COVID-19: the perfect storm? COVID-19 has forced corporates to re-evaluate their recovery plans and consider alternative measures to protect their long-term futures. One such measure is redundancies. In the first of a new, five-part podcast series addressing business-critical areas...
Employment Bulletin - October 2020 Topics covered this month: Risk that employee had committed criminal offence did not make dismissal reasonable; Amendments to Employment Tribunal rules to increase capacity; Delay in paying salary was repudiatory breach entitling CEO to resign; Recurring...
COVID-19: Job Support Scheme A client briefing describing the key terms of the Coronavirus Job Support Scheme, as announced by the Chancellor on 24 September 2020.
Pensions Bulletin - September 2020 Welcome to the September 2020 Pensions Bulletin from Slaughter and May. In this month’s edition, we focus on the Government’s proposals for climate risk reporting by large pension schemes and recent announcement on the increase in the...
Employment Bulletin - September 2020 The Employment Appeal Tribunal confirmed that an employee who resigned after the employer sought to “map” her into a new role, rather than treating her as redundant, was constructively dismissed (Argos Ltd v Kuldo).  
COVID-19: Flexible working In the sixth and final podcast in this series, Dave Rintoul and Clare Fletcher consider the law on flexible working, whether it is fit for purpose in the current climate, and some key practical issues for employers.
COVID-19: Employee absence and holidays In the fifth podcast in this series, Katherine Flower and Clare Fletcher navigate a number of COVID-related absence scenarios and provide practical solutions for employers.
Employment Bulletin - July 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin:
Flexible furlough - further guidance On 12 June 2020 the government published more detailed guidance on the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) which will take effect in ‘Phase Two’ of the scheme, from 1 July 2020. These changes were outlined in our previous...
Employment Bulletin - June 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin: