Key COVID-19 issues facing the corporate, commercial and employment sectors.
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Case review 07/12/2021
Many employers want to support the national public health effort to maximise vaccination uptake. However, the message is to proceed with some care and caution. On 3 December 2021, a five member bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered its decision in CFMMEU v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd [2021] FWCFB 6059 (Decision). The decision speaks to mandatory vaccination policies and the importance of employee consultation.
Article 24/11/2021
A summary of recent developments in the employment sector, most of which have been triggered by COVID-19.
Article 28/09/2021
With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme coming to an end on 30 September 2021, responsibility for staff salary costs will rest solely with employers once more and the UK Government will no longer make financial contributions towards the pay of employees on furlough.
Article 24/09/2021
The relaxation in restrictions that currently prevent companies from being wound up by creditors for non-payment of a debt (in certain circumstances), under emergency COVID-19 legislation, comes to an end on 30 September 2021.
Article 17/09/2021
The FCA test case is widely regarded as having resolved a plethora of issues in COVID-19 business interruption claims. Unsurprisingly, it did not resolve everything and certain issues were not tackled as part of or fully resolved by that case.
Article 17/09/2021
2020 was a year of significant upheaval and development in the employment sphere (not only from the COVID-19 perspective) and 2021 is proving no different with both substantive law reform and long-planned developments. As the pandemic unfolds and Australia races to counter lockdowns with vaccines, the latter part of 2021 promises further significant developments for employers, varying from COVID-19 relief measures, managing the return to the workplace and integrating new anti-discrimination protections.
Article 15/09/2021
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, almost 2,000 lawsuits have been filed in federal and state courts throughout the United States by policyholders affected by the public health crisis. In the vast majority of these cases, business owners have sought coverage under commercial property policies for losses arising out of interruptions caused by local and state-wide shutdowns.
Article 13/09/2021
Millions of people have migrated from working in traditional office settings to working from their own living rooms.
Article 06/08/2021
In our earlier updates on this subject we reported that the UK Government was planning to introduce a compulsory arbitration scheme to deal with arrears of rent that fell due during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those plans took a step closer to becoming reality on 4 August 2021, following the release of a full policy statement from the Government, confirming its intention to legislate for the scheme
Article 09/07/2021
Anyone working in financial services will know something of the dramatic impact that IT and communications systems failures can have on their work. The inexorable rise in cyber attacks, set against the total reliance on these systems for staff working from home in recent times has brought these issues even more sharply into focus.
