Having reported profit drops, staff at international UK-based law firm Simmons & Simmons were asked in early June to cut their pay by 20% and transition to a 4-day week for up to six months. This follows other measures taken by the firm to withstand the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
With the economic difficulties many companies are facing, redundancies are inevitable, but letting staff go via Zoom or other video conferencing services could open up employers to claims of unfair dismissal.
The online app-based challenger bank Monzo has announced plans to cut up to 8% of its workforce, or 120 employees, due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus crisis.
On 1 May 2020 California District Judge Gary Klausner dismissed the equal pay case advanced by 28 members of the US Women’s Soccer team (USNWT) including Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan. The Women’s team filed an appeal on 8 May 2020.
Canary Wharf is making changes to its 1.5m sq. metres (m²) of office and retail space to reflect social distancing guidance, in preparation for a gradual return to work of its 125,000 business occupants.
Last January, a 10-week unpaid internship in studying extreme poverty at NYU sparked a Twitter storm asking whether unpaid internships can ever be justified.
COVID-19 exposes the reality of the UK’s Brexit immigration policy.
Having successfully adjusted to remote working during the pandemic, Facebook has announced that it will allow employees to work from home permanently, but that it will lower the salaries of those that do if they relocate to a cheaper area.
The Court of Appeal upheld an earlier High Court judgment about Debenhams’ administration, ruling that placing employees on the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) amounts to an adoption of employment contracts.
Boris Johnson, in his latest address, announced that his government plans to ease restrictions of the lockdown as it gears up to face the mammoth task of rejuvenating the national economy. Offices, however, are expected to remain shut even as the lockdown is lifted partially.