Rights under the furlough scheme (CJRS) It is clear that the Covid-19 crisis has caused considerable pain and anxiety to many in the UK, in so many ways. Many millions of employees were, or have been, ‘furloughed’ under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the purpose of which was to reduce the impact on
Just now, in January 2020, prominent new case was reported widely in the news involving equal pay. It is prominent because it involved a claim by a well-known BBC journalist, Samira Ahmed, against her employer, on the basis that she had been underpaid for several years, for presenting one programme, amongst others. Her equal pay
Are you an employee or ‘worker’? Are you a self -employed ‘contractor’? Are you an employer? What are your rights and liabilities? You may think you know the answer to that question, but the answer may be different from what you imagine. Your position may be either better or worse than you think! Why is
Can the directors of a limited company be personally liable for the company’s breaches of an employment contract with its employees? Kuldeep S. Clair looks at an interesting recent case: The basic principle is that the company is a legally distinct and separate entity from those individuals that own and direct the company. That
Kuldeep S. Clair dealt with a case over the past ten months, which just ended recently, where we achieved the best possible result for our client. Our client owned a car-washing business, a trade which admittedly is notorious for unsavory practices, payment of below-minimum-wage rates for workers, and breach of working time regulations. HMRC carried
How important is a proper investigation after an allegation of misconduct? Kuldeep S. Clair offers his views: In employment cases it is generally crucial for there to be a fair investigation before an employee is dismissed for an allegation of misconduct. All relevant evidence must be heard. The employer must show that he has not
My client was had been employed as a bus driver and had 18 years continuous employment. He had a clean record with no warnings or incidents. He had been involved in one unexplained low-speed accident which resulted in a collision with three parked cars and a fence, when he was driving in the rain. This
