Issue 699

Backwards on equality

A report published by the women’s equality charity, the Fawcett Society, claims that coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a detrimental effect on workplace equality in the UK (...).

Further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Following the decision to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to 2 December, the government belatedly announced a further extension to 31 March 2021. In this article, we consider who is covered, how furlough pay is calculated and other key changes (...).

Continuing consequences

In order to decide whether a claim has been brought within the three-month whistleblowing time limit, tribunals sometimes have to distinguish between a “one-off” and a continuing act. In Ikejiaku v British Institute of Technology Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the introduction of a new contract was a one-off act (albeit with continuing consequences), as opposed to a continuing act (...).