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The UK government has announced a £1,000 (US$1,262) job retention bonus for returning furloughed employees and £2,000 (US$2,524) apprentice hire bonus covering the period until the end of January 2021 …

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Whenever the UK government thinks it should explore a subject as a gesture of political “good will”, it orders a “review”; when it thinks that it ought to introduce new legislation, but needs a delay, it undertakes a public “consultation” …

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If an employer comes to a settlement agreement with an employee and wishes for it to remain confidential, they should include the obligation in the body of the agreement …

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Now that the deadline for the UK to request an extension of the Brexit transition period has passed, we should all take the recent dire advice of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and pessimistically prepare for a “no-deal Brexit” …

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UK Payrolls declined by 600,000 between March and May 2020, whilst 9 …

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Although the fixed legal aid fee for asylum cases rose from £227 (US$290) to £627 (US$800) on 8th June, law firms are still complaining …

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By far the leading cause of death in the age range 20–34 years is suicide …

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The London operations of the law firm Reed Smith have been particularly hard hit by the downturn arising from the health crisis …

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The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is having to contend with spiralling costs for the government’s generous and badly thought through furlough scheme …

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If they have not already done so, companies would be wise to ban anyone from returning to the workplace within 14 days if they have returned to their home country, or have been in contact with anyone who has …

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It will come as something of a shock to those in much of the rest of the world that the UK has still not introduced mandatory quarantine for passengers arriving at UK airports and been so late in introducing systematic contact tracing …

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There remains a great deal of confusion about redundancy selection and consultation processes during the current crisis …

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Recently implemented legislation has opened up the scope for higher levels of commercial and personal litigation when the Scottish courts fully resume …

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Law Society and Bar Council research continue to show that small law firms and single person chambers are still struggling to find business during the current crisis …

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What happens to personal liability for a company car when the employee is forced to work at home? Contrary to some reports on social media, employees may not escape having to pay their private use income tax penalty by simply posting keys back to their employer …

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