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Employment weekly highlights—30 April 2020

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Published on: 30 April 2020

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This week's edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) a Law Commission report containing recommendations on how to improve how employment tribunal disputes are decided, (2) Presidential guidance on vulnerable parties and witnesses in employment tribunals in England and Wales, (3) updated guidance from HM Courts and Tribunals Service on how to join telephone and video hearings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, (4) an ECJ judgment on proceedings brought by an association of lawyers based on a discriminatory statement made by an Italian lawyer in a radio interview, (5) a sixth update to the HMRC employee and employer guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (6) information concerning employees without a National Insurance number who wish to make claims under the CJRS, (7) a further revision to the section of the Acas coronavirus guidance dealing with vulnerable people, (8) amendments to family-related payments legislation in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland to prevent employees from experiencing disadvantage as a result of their being furloughed, (9) updated HMRC...

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