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Winter is coming: The Job Security Scheme and other employment related measures announced

September 24, 2020

The Job Security Scheme – announced 24 September 2020 The Chancellor has announced his “Furlough 2.0” – a wage subsidy programme called the Job Support Scheme (“JSS”). The aim, of course, is to help UK employers weather the continuing COVID-19 storm, with the hope of saving jobs or at least staving off mass redundancies when the current furlough scheme comes to an end on 31 October. Helpfully, employers who have not previously used furlough can…

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Changing contractual terms – Four step guide

By Sophie Miller-Molloy

September 21, 2020

The topic of employers looking to change employment contract terms is becoming increasingly important as we move towards the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and beyond. This article provides a brief summary of the key steps involved in implementing contractual changes, in particular, in a dismissal and re-engagement scenario. The UK unemployment rate is at its highest level for two years, and rates are expected to continue to rise with the end…

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Trustee Board Selection – What Do Employers Need To Think About?

By Beth Brown

August 24, 2020

With the increased focus on governance of trustee boards and the Pensions Regulator (the “Regulator“)’s expectation of skilled, engaged and diverse trustee boards being led by an effective chair, the selection of the “right” trustees is becoming even more important. As employers will often be responsible for appointing trustees to trustee boards, you will find below four factors employers may want to take into account before appointing any new trustees.…

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Worker or self-employed? Changing contract terms may be relevant

By Christopher Fisher

August 17, 2020

As everyone is aware, there has been and continues to be a line of “Gig economy” cases where the question is whether an individual is engaged as a worker or on a self-employed basis. One such line of cases has related to courier firms, including CitySprint. In 2017, CitySprint lost a claim brought by one of its cycle couriers who was found to be engaged as a worker and so entitled to holiday pay. As…

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Redundancy payments while on furlough

By Francesca Ingham & Miriam Bruce

August 4, 2020

New legislation came into force on 31 July 2020 to ensure that employees who are on furlough will be entitled to receive their statutory redundancy payments based on their normal wages, rather than on any reduced salary while on furlough. However, there has been no change to the cap on a week’s pay for the purpose of calculating statutory redundancy pay and, therefore, there is no impact on the overall maximum statutory redundancy payment that…

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DB Superfunds – a viable endgame?

By Helen Parrott

July 27, 2020

The Pensions Regulator recently published guidance for supervising the consolidation of defined benefit pension schemes into superfunds. The guidance provides an interim framework for the regulation of superfunds, prior to a statutory framework being put in place. It’s a step towards establishing a superfund industry which could be a viable endgame option for certain schemes in the future.…

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The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“CIGA”) from a Pensions Perspective

By Jay Doraisamy, Beth Brown, Devi Shah & Nicola Collins

July 20, 2020

On 25 June 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the “Bill”) received Royal Assent and on 26 June 2020 CIGA came into force. The restructuring team in Mayer Brown’s London office have previously commented on the different elements of the Bill in a series of blog posts and podcasts. CIGA was swiftly followed by the introduction of The Pension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstruction for Companies in Financial Difficulty) Regulations 2020…

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UK Employment Law podcaster Nicholas Robertson hosts pandemic related broadcasts produced by the Employment Lawyers Association and the Industrial Law Society

By Frankie Flower & Nicholas Robertson

July 9, 2020

In a world where we can no longer host in person events without following all of the latest government guidelines on social distancing, use of face masks and providing a bucket-load of hand sanitizer, online learning tools such as webinars, podcasts, blogs and vlogs, are having their time in the limelight. With this new era, comes new opportunity.…

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UK Coronavirus Update: Seven Points about the Third Direction

By Nicholas Robertson, Christopher Fisher & Miriam Bruce

June 30, 2020

On Friday 26 June 2020 the UK Government published the Third Direction, which is the legislative update for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. In particular, it implements the flexible working arrangements which are permitted from 1 July 2020 under the Furlough Scheme. We have now reviewed this Direction in full and provide a summary of the key points for employers, available from MayerBrown.com.…

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Measures extended to help employers and pension scheme trustees tackle COVID-19 challenges

By Olivia Caird

June 19, 2020

On 16 June, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) updated its COVID-19 guidance for employers and trustees. This includes an extension to measures to help pension schemes navigate the challenges presented by the pandemic, beyond 30 June 2020.…

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News and Views on Employment and Pensions Issues

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Winter is coming: The Job Security Scheme and other employment related measures announced

Changing contractual terms – Four step guide

Trustee Board Selection – What Do Employers Need To Think About?

Worker or self-employed? Changing contract terms may be relevant

Redundancy payments while on furlough

DB Superfunds – a viable endgame?

The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“CIGA”) from a Pensions Perspective

UK Employment Law podcaster Nicholas Robertson hosts pandemic related broadcasts produced by the Employment Lawyers Association and the Industrial Law Society

UK Coronavirus Update: Seven Points about the Third Direction

Measures extended to help employers and pension scheme trustees tackle COVID-19 challenges

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