Issue 707

Job retention scheme extended again

The government has issued another treasury direction extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the end of April (...).

Facts and allegations

For a whistleblowing claim to succeed, the claimant has to show a reasonable belief that there has been a breach of a legal obligation, among other things. In Kirby v Glasgow Caledonian University, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the question for tribunals was not whether the claimant had disclosed facts or simply made an allegation but whether they had made a disclosure that fell within the legal definition (...).

Agency vacancies

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held in Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and anor v Kocur and ors that although agency workers are entitled to be informed about vacancies during an assignment, that does not also give them the right to apply for them (...).