The Court of Appeal (“CoA”) has confirmed that the decision to raise the state pension age for women, to match that of men, does not amount to unlawful discrimination, under either EU law or the Human Rights Convention.

To date, under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme the Government has paid £35 billion to employers to cover furlough payments.

In the recent case of Aramark (UK) Limited v Fernades, the EAT held that it was not  unreasonable for an employer to decide not to include the Claimant on a list of bank workers in a redundancy situation.

In the case of Kelly v PGA, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was wrong to make an order of re-engagement as the employer had lost trust and confidence in an employee’s ability to carry out his role, and this belief was rationally held.