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The discussion will cover core planning and implementation teams, assessment of existing models, risk assessments, implementation of safety measures, screening measures, return to work plans, wellbeing and welfare and limiting legal risks....

With the Prime Minister due to address the nation on the government’s strategy to ease the lockdown on Sunday 10 May 2020, our Health, Safety and Employment clinic returns the following day to focus on the practical application of transitioning a wo...

Comments made in Parliament yesterday by Theresa May, Minister for Women and Equalities, suggest that regulations introduced by the Labour government to extend paternity leave for fathers could be postponed and, ultimately, rewritten by the coalitio...

A new ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) suggests fathers who take advantage of new rights to extended paternity leave from April next year could be entitled to the same rights and benefits from their employer as women who...

The Government has today published a response to its public consultation on plans to abolish the default retirement age. Although the regulations by which this will be effected are unlikely to be published for a few weeks, the Government has confirm...

The Government has confirmed that the Code of Practice on Workforce Matters in Local Authority Service Contracts is to be withdrawn. It is not yet clear when the withdrawal will take effect. The Code applies in England and Wales to local authority ...

As originally published in React News Beijing is determined all outgoing investment will align with China’s strategic goals Stockholm - home of ABBA and fermented herring. A fish so pongy, the Swedes o...

1.       What is the Enforcement of Judgments Office? The Enforcement of Judgments Office (the “EJO”) is a public body responsible for enforcing judgments in Northern Ireland. This contrasts to the system in...

It has been reported that on 27 June 2019, the Supreme Court denied the Government’s request for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in the cases of McCloud and Sargeant regardi...

The focus of most organisations during this coronavirus pandemic has rightly been on the health and safety of employees and the general public in tackling the spread of the virus. As the ‘new normal’settles in, and questions are asked a...

As the European Banking Authority publishes a wide-ranging workplan for 2020, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley explain the EBA’s role and its forthcoming programme, and take a look at the substance of the developments planned for the next twelve month...

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has encouraged the communication of any OFAC compliance concerns related to COVID-19. As part of this, OFAC has provided the following guidance and contact information. Sanctions Programmes Fact Sheet On 1...

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This article examines an alternative to the two predominant purchase price mechanisms used in M&A transactions in South Africa. When applied correctly, it leads to an expedited determination of the final purchase price and allows for flexibility...

Mergers and acquisitions (“M&As”) involving privately held companies in South Africa entail various legal, financial and other issues. Advanced preparation and an understanding of the fundamental practical and legal issues concerned ...

Those sent home will continue to be monitored by local officials for signs of ill health, though, provincial officials say.

On Friday 14 February 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) published the ISDA Collateral Agreement Interest Rate Definitions (the “Collateral Rate Definitions”). The Collateral Rate Definit...

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South Africa has recently developed a culture of private prosecution. The trend towards private prosecution has largely been focused on the prosecution of individuals for corruption. The significant challenges faced by the private prosecutors (prima...

The Rivers State Government has asked it's Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to auction all vehicles that were impounded for violating the state’s lockdown directive.

Paulinus Nsirim, the state's Commissioner for Information and Communications, in a statement on Thursday, said interested Nigerians should check selected Nigerian newspapers in order to place their bids.

The statement reads, “Government will deal decisively with the residents of these areas if they are found to default again. 

“Anyone parading exemption letters except the one issued by the governor is doing so at his or her own risk as such permits are invalid.

“The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice has been directed to auction all vehicles that violated the lockdown order.

“Members of the public who are interested to buy the auctioned vehicles are to watch out for details in The Sun, The Nation and Vanguard Newspapers.”

A medical doctor has died of COVID-19-related complications at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State.

The doctor, identified as Mohammed Kumshe, died on Thursday at the hospital’s isolation ward.  Late Mohammed Kumshe

He was said to have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the state. 

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Borno State presently has 116 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
 

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered visiting officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to go into isolation at a quarantine centre for 14 days.

Bello gave the directive on Thursday night when the NCDC officials led by Dr Andrew Noah showed up at the Government House, in Lokoja, the state capital.

The agency had sent a delegation of rapid response team to ascertain the true status of Kogi as a COVID-19-free state. 

The governor said that the step was to ensure that the laid down procedure of checkmating the scourge by NCDC was strictly followed.

Presenting a letter titled: “Deployment of Rapid Response Squad to help in fighting COVID-19,” Dr Noah explained that the mission of the NCDC was to provide logistics to all states of the federation of which Kogi could not be left out.

He said two members of the team would be left behind to help the state and support efforts already in place.

Speaking shortly after receiving the letter, Bello outlined steps taken so far by the state to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

He then asked that the NCDC officials be subjected to testing and isolated in the state quarantine centre or leave the state immediately if they refused.

When might turnover rent be relevant? Entering into a commercial lease has always been a significant financial commitment by a tenant for a fixed period with no guarantee of trade and/or profit. Over the last number of years landlords have had signi...

Reconsidered employment related Government measures The Government modified the previously introduced wage subsidies: wage subsidies for researcher and developer employees and short-time allowance can be applied for on more favourable terms, the app...

The Government introduced tax reliefs and extended deadlines The Government decided on the tax reliefs previously announced, postponing the deadlines in connection with the annual report to 30 September. The payment of health services contribution b...

This week marks another critical juncture in the ongoing fight against the economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis. With the jobs retention scheme portal now open for applications since Monday 20 April 2020, many businesses and employer...