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A guide to future employment and immigration law.

A guide to future employment and immigration law.

A guide to future employment and immigration law.

A guide to future employment and immigration law.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

On 22 February 2021, the UK Government published its original "Roadmap out of Lockdown" for England, which was initially due to see a "cautious but irreversible" lifting of all legal limits on social contact by 21 June (if certain strict conditions were met) (the "Roadmap"). Following a delay in the introduction of Step 4, from 19 July the majority of remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England have been lifted, including no longer instructing people to work from home wherever possible. Step 4 has, however, coincided with an increase in the prevalence of the COVID-19 'Delta' variant across the UK, leading to increasing numbers of infections and cases of individuals being required to self-isolate.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

On 16 June, the UK Government announced that the existing moratorium on landlords exercising forfeiture for non-payment of rents would be extended to March 2022. At the same time, they announced an extension to the end of September 2021 of the current restriction against the use of statutory demands and/or winding up petitions in respect of arrears of rent, unless those arrears were not as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The UK Government has announced a further extension to certain protective measures for businesses which are currently in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

On 22 February 2021, the UK Government published its new "Roadmap out of Lockdown" for England,  which could potentially see a "cautious but irreversible" lifting of all legal limits on social contact by 21 June if certain strict conditions are met (the "Roadmap").

On 3 March 2021, the Government announced a further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme). The Scheme, which was due to close on 30 April 2021, has been extended until 30 September 2021. However, the level of the Government subsidy will taper between July and September as the Scheme winds down. 

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

Welcome to the third in our series of short webinars looking at the key employment law developments in the pipeline for 2021.

Travel restrictions and other measures imposed or recommended by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-related restrictions) have now been in place in the UK and elsewhere for much longer than was perhaps envisaged in early 2020.

The High Court's recent judgment in Fibula Air Travel s.r.l. v Just-Us Air s.r.l. [2020] EWHC 3048 provides some early clues about how force majeure clauses might be interpreted where parties seek to rely on them as a result of difficulties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic (the "Pandemic").

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

Writing for Practical Law, Finance Partner Peter Hughes, Pensions Partner David James and Pensions Consultant Charlotte Feld consider negotiations between employers and DB pension scheme trustees against a backdrop of COVID-19.