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The Sponsorship Management System (SMS) is a key part of a Sponsor Licence. The system is undergoing an essential upgrade in preparation for the new immigration system that is to commence from 1 December 2020.

The Fawcett Society have marked Equal Pay Day – the day of the year on which women stop earning relative to men – by releasing a report warning the UK is at a crossroads on equal pay.

Employers can be liable for inducing a breach of a restrictive covenant! But replying on legal advice can provide a defence held the Court of Appeal in Allen v Dodd & Co Ltd.

The Home Office has now published their policy guidance for the new immigration system which goes live on 1 December 2020. The new policy guidance update covers the Skilled Worker and the Intra Company Transfer routes.

Protection from health and safety detriments and the right to PPE should cover ‘workers’ as well as employees, High Court rules.

2020 is likely to be a year of financial constraints for many businesses. Therefore, the recent Court of Appeal decision in Heskett v Secretary of State for Justice [2020] could be good news for employers seeking to justify indirect discrimination as a biproduct of a short-term need to reduce expenditure.

Less than one week ago, the government announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the furlough scheme) would be extended for 1 month, to the end of November 2020, with government support for 80% of wages up to a cap of £2,500 per month and employers only having to pay pension and National Insurance Contributions.

On 5^th November 2020, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme would be extended until the end of March 2021. 

This month in California, ride-sharing and delivery platforms succeeded in their campaign - supported with $30million each from DoorDash, Lyft, and Uber - to win a public ballot exempting their drivers...

In light of the new social media guidance the BBC imposed on its own employees, employers should be carefully considering whether or not their own social media policy sufficiently protects their interests.