Weekly Roundup - 9 October 2020

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-       H&M fines for breaking GDP over employee surveillance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54418936

-       The Treasury’s new and updated Direction. Details of the new Job Retention Bonus included. Government guidance and eligibility can be found here.

-       Workplace Walkouts over Coronavirus.
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/business/coronavirus-work-lockdown-workers-rights-a9508761.html

-       Priti Patel. Faces tribunal question over bullying claims.

 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/05/priti-patel-faces-employment-tribunal-over-alleged-bullying-philip-rutnam

-       Teacher sacked over Facebook posts loses discrimination case.

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.teacher.sacked.over.facebook.posts.loses.discrimination.case/135702.htm

-       Substantive increase in Employment Tribunal claims due to Coronavirus.

https://www.nelsonslaw.co.uk/increase-employment-tribunal-claims-coronavirus/

-       Working from home: Your Human Rights.

https://www.thsp.co.uk/2020/10/working-from-home/

-       Employer not liable for consequence of employee’s practical joke in the workplace (High Court).

https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieb6e862f080c11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true

-       Argos employee rumbled after theft from his Stoke-On-Trent store.

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/argos-employee-rumbled-after-stealing-4580124

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-       Brad Graves