12 November 2020 Blog Three key lessons about indirect age discrimination from the Court of Appeal The latest age discrimination decision from Court of Appeal is about the lawfulness of changes to the pay structure of the Probation Service in the early days of the public sector pay freeze in 2011... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
12 November 2020 Blog New post-Brexit immigration system: staffing and recruitment Getting ready for 1 January. Ensuring compliant recruitment is just one of a number of issues HR professionals and those responsible for recruitment and managing immigration risk in the health and social care sector need to be aware of... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
11 November 2020 Blog Extension of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: key changes to eligibility rules Revised guidance published yesterday confirms that the detailed ground rules for the operation of the extended CJRS will remain broadly similar to those of the original Scheme which ended on 31 October... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 November 2020 Blog Consultation on new Rules for handling Large Group Complaints by students The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) is currently consulting on its proposed new Rules for handling what it calls Large Group Complaints by students... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 November 2020 Blog Trustees Week: new resources for charity trustees from the Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator To mark this year's Trustees' Week, the Charity Commission has published a new range of 5 minute guides for charity trustees... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 November 2020 Blog NEC4: new set of amendments NEC has published a second set of amendments to the NEC4 June 2017 edition contracts... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
6 November 2020 Blog A ‘perfect storm’: a restrictive immigration policy and the adult social care sector Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has written to the Home Secretary asking her to reconsider future immigration plans... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 November 2020 Blog Lockdown 2: what do charities need to know? From Thursday 5 November, the second lockdown will come into effect, reintroducing the need to stay at home unless one of the now somewhat more numerous exceptions apply... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
4 November 2020 Blog White Paper makes a clarion call to accelerate digital healthcare How the rapid uptake of digital services as a result of the pandemic can transform UK healthcare. Public Policy Projects published this White Paper: Accelerating Digital Healthcare in October... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 November 2020 Blog Unregulated placement versus welfare needs In Lancashire County Council v G and N the court used their inherent jurisdiction to authorise an application to deprive a teenager of her liberty in an unregulated placement that was not suitable to meet her needs due to the lack of adequate, safe placements anywhere in the UK... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 November 2020 Blog Regulator on restraint, segregation and seclusion review CQC published this stark report on 22 October. It is a review of restraint, seclusion and segregation for autistic people and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
1 November 2020 Blog Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended for further month On 31 October, a few hours before CJRS was due to end, the Prime Minister announced that it would be extended during November and the funding for employers made more generous... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read