Employment news and case law

24 June, 2021

Court of Appeal rules that group of Deliveroo riders are not ‘workers’ for the purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) v The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) [2021] EWCA Civ 952

21 June, 2021 Open access

Long Covid must be urgently recognised as a disability and Covid-19 as an occupational disease

Changes are needed to give workers access to legal protections and compensation, says TUC

21 June, 2021

All workers in care homes must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from October 2021

DHSC says that new regulations will cover employees and volunteers within the care home, as well as those coming in to carry out other work, unless they have a medical exemption

14 June, 2021

Court of Appeal considers whether failure of domestic law to make provision for interim relief in discrimination and victimisation cases amounts to discrimination against women

Steer v Stormsure Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 887

14 June, 2021

Court of Appeal holds that a prior period of illegal performance of an employment contract by claimant did not prevent her from subsequently enforcing her statutory and contractual rights

Robinson v His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi [2021] EWCA Civ 862

10 June, 2021

Number of outstanding employment tribunal cases increased by almost 40 per cent in first three months of 2021 compared to same period in 2020

New Ministry of Justice figures also show that number of claims disposed of decreased by more than 20 per cent

10 June, 2021

Changes to documents which can be produced in order to evidence an individual’s right to work in the UK or enter into a tenancy agreement in England

New statutory instrument

9 June, 2021

Business Minister says ‘heavy handed’ legislation is not necessary in order to protect workers from ‘unacceptable’ fire and rehire negotiation tactics

Minister advises MPs that ACAS has instead been asked to produce stronger guidance to help employers explore all options before considering fire and rehire

8 June, 2021

Government announces plans to create a single enforcement body for employment rights

New 'one-stop shop' will take over responsibility for enforcing National Minimum Wage, tackling modern slavery, and protecting agency workers, while also having new powers to resolve holiday pay and SSP disputes

7 June, 2021

Scottish Government calls for cross-party support for bid for full devolution of employment powers to aid post-pandemic recovery

Social Justice Secretary says that increased powers would enable Scotland to create fairer workplaces, increase wages, reduce insecure work, and 'shift the curve on poverty'

7 June, 2021

Employment case law round up

4 June, 2021

CJEU rules that, where pay conditions can be attributed to a single source, the work and the pay of workers can be compared even if they work in different establishments

K and Others, L, M, N and Others v Tesco Stores Case C-624/19

3 June, 2021

Supermarkets in UK ‘have suffered another blow in the battle for equal pay’ following CJEU ruling that Tesco store workers entitled to compare themselves to colleagues in distribution centres

Leigh Day solicitors welcomes CJEU's reinforcement of March 2021 Supreme Court ruling in Asda case

3 June, 2021 Open access

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Court of Appeal rules that group of Deliveroo riders are not ‘workers’ for the purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights

Long Covid must be urgently recognised as a disability and Covid-19 as an occupational disease

Employment case law round up

All workers in care homes must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from October 2021

Court of Appeal considers whether failure of domestic law to make provision for interim relief in discrimination and victimisation cases amounts to discrimination against women

Employment case law round up

Court of Appeal holds that a prior period of illegal performance of an employment contract by claimant did not prevent her from subsequently enforcing her statutory and contractual rights

Number of outstanding employment tribunal cases increased by almost 40 per cent in first three months of 2021 compared to same period in 2020

Changes to documents which can be produced in order to evidence an individual’s right to work in the UK or enter into a tenancy agreement in England

Business Minister says ‘heavy handed’ legislation is not necessary in order to protect workers from ‘unacceptable’ fire and rehire negotiation tactics

Government announces plans to create a single enforcement body for employment rights

Scottish Government calls for cross-party support for bid for full devolution of employment powers to aid post-pandemic recovery

Employment case law round up

CJEU rules that, where pay conditions can be attributed to a single source, the work and the pay of workers can be compared even if they work in different establishments

Supermarkets in UK ‘have suffered another blow in the battle for equal pay’ following CJEU ruling that Tesco store workers entitled to compare themselves to colleagues in distribution centres

Number of individuals on furlough reduced by 900,000 in month to 30 April 2021, falling to 3.4 million

Scotland’s First Minister calls on UK Government to extend CJRS ‘for as long as it is needed’

Bill that makes provision for parental bereavement leave and pay receives first reading in Northern Ireland Assembly

Employment case law round up