Issue 692

Threat of redundancy

A new survey from ACAS has found that over a third of employers are likely to make staff redundant in the next three months (...).

Job Retention Bonus Scheme

The government published a further Treasury Direction on Friday 2 October 2020 along with accompanying guidance. This sets out the legal basis for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (...).

A number of transferees

The European Acquired Rights Directive states that in the event of a transfer, the employee’s contract transfers over to the transferee with all its rights and obligations. In ISS Facility Services NV v Govaerts and Atalian NV, the Court of Justice of the European Union held that the same principle applies even if there is more than one transferee (...).