2021 was another year dominated by COVID-19. In 2020, for many the employment words of the year were "homeworking" and "furlough". While furlough continued to feature heavily in much of 2021, the end of September brought the winding up of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Following the vaccine roll out, the 2021 employment phrase and word of the year became "no jab no job" and for many "hybrid working", though "homeworking" is again making a last minute sprint finish for 2021.

As the world of work is evolving, uncertainty remains high as new COVID-19 variants emerge. But for now as 2021 draws to a close, we sit back in front of the telly with a light heart (well as much as one can muster in the midst of a pandemic) and reflect on our pick of the 2021 employment case law highlights. And, of course, our 2021 awards.

1. National Minimum Wage: Father Bed; Only Pre-employment Fools and Horses; Keeping Up Expenses
2. Equalities & human rights: Tipping Proof Point; Have I Got Associative News for You; Lip-Service Battle; University Challenged; Didn't Give Us a Clue; Preliminary Question Time; The Statutory Price is Right; Flexible Motherland; Supermarket Pay Sweep; Who wants to be Vaccinated?
3. Unfair dismissal: The Masked Employee; I'm a Concerned Worker Get Me Out of Here; Strictly Come Furloughing; The Only Way is Not an Appeal; Say Yes to the Process; The Crystalized Maze; Don't Take Me Out
4. Tribunal & court rules: Embarrassing Bodies of Evidence; First Data

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