Issue 682

Protect whistleblowers

Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing have called on the government to introduce an Office of the Whistleblower as a matter of urgency (...).

Out on a limb

Following an application for judicial review of the decision to exclude “limb b” workers from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Statutory Sick Pay, the High Court has ruled in R (on the application of Adiatu and anor) v Her Majesty’s Treasury that the provisions introduced by the government were not unlawful (...).

Unclear dismissal

Tribunal claims usually have to be presented within three months less one day of the effective date of dismissal. In Lowri Beck Services Ltd v Brophy, the Court of Appeal held that an “unclear and contradictory” dismissal letter was a sufficient reason to extend time for a dyslexic claimant (...).