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Unison’s High Court challenge on the introduction of the employment tribunal fee regime has been dismissed.
Despite statistics being produced which show employment claims are down, the court stated that the “fundamental flaw in these proceedings is that they are premature and that the evidence at this stage lacks that robustness necessary to overturn the regime”.
One of Unison’s concerns is that the fee regime will have a disproportionate effect on women. In order to allay some concerns the Lord Chancellor has undertaken to keep the impact of the regime under review.
For the time being at least this is likely to create certainty for employers and employees alike. However, this is unlikely to be the last we hear of it – Unison have vowed to “fight on”.
The government has now announced further changes to the Job Support Scheme (now renamed the Job Support Scheme Open), with both the percentage of working hours and the employer contribution to unworked hours dropping.
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On 14 October 2020, The Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 (the “Regulations”) were made into law and will come into force on 4 November 2020.
The extent of vicarious liability has been tested by the courts again and this time in relation to employees engaging in horseplay and practical jokes.
The Government has been firm that there will be no extension to the current Job Retention Scheme which is due to end on 31 October. However yesterday saw the announcement of the Job Support Scheme.
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