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16 June, 2020 Open access

Number of employees furloughed increases by 200,000 in week up to 14 June 2020, taking total since launch of CJRS to more than 9 million

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15 June, 2020

High Court rules that exclusion of mixed-age couples from pension credit is not discriminatory or in breach of the public sector equality duty

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15 June, 2020 Open access

‘No recourse to public funds’ condition for migrants is ‘long-established’ and applies ‘in order to protect public funds’, says Prime Minister

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15 June, 2020 Open access

Scotland’s Housing Minister calls for urgent action from UK Government to support tenants affected by coronavirus pandemic

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15 June, 2020 Open access

MPs urge government to ‘fill the gaps’ in Job Retention and Self-Employment Income Support schemes to assist the more than a million people currently excluded

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15 June, 2020 Open access

Government updates Job Retention Scheme guidance to take account of new furlough rules from 1 July 2020

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15 June, 2020 Open access

Government rejects call from MPs for a separate Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for charities

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15 June, 2020 Open access

President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal issues amended Practice Direction to take account of remote hearings

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15 June, 2020 Open access

High Court considers whether it can hand down a reserved judgment, in a case heard during coronavirus stay on possession proceedings, before the stay is lifted

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15 June, 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether Certification Officer’s declaration, that a Union breached its own rules by instituting disciplinary proceedings out of time, should stand

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15 June, 2020

Employment case law round up

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12 June, 2020 Open access

More than 70 per cent of universal credit ‘declarations’ made in the early phase of the coronavirus lockdown resulted in a payment of benefit

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12 June, 2020 Open access

DWP issues new universal credit guidance in relation to coronavirus self-employment and reclaims regulations

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12 June, 2020 Open access

LGA calls for temporary removal of the ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition during the coronavirus crisis

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12 June, 2020

Minister confirms there is no ‘requirement’ to use a DS1500 form to supply evidence to support a benefit claim under terminal illness rules

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12 June, 2020

Court of Appeal considers whether ET properly assessed sex discrimination claim against BBC from male freelance journalist following unsuccessful interview

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11 June, 2020 Open access

Charity takes first step towards legal action against discriminatory nature of Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

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11 June, 2020 Open access

Government confirms more than £60m of additional local welfare assistance funding for councils in England

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11 June, 2020

DWP issues new guidance on temporary absence abroad and cash sickness benefits

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