Welcome to our August HRizon employment law newsletter. We look at an interesting Supreme Court decision regarding the consequences of committing ‘CV fraud’, two decisions relating to PHI cover (including the suggestion that insurance-backed PHI cover should keep track with increases in state retirement age), and the latest employment tribunal decision regarding the expression of gender-critical beliefs on social media and at work. We also highlight other recent employment law cases and HR news from the last month.
Recent employment law cases
CV fraud: should someone who lied about their qualifications and experience in job applications, and was later convicted of fraud, be subject to a confiscation order stripping them of their fraudulent earnings?
The Supreme Court has held that an employee who secured appointments to three roles by lying about their qualifications and experience in his applications, and was later convicted of fraud, should be subject to a confiscation order stripping him of the ‘difference’ between the higher earnings obtained through the fraud and the lower earnings that would have been obtained if there had been no fraud. Read more
Employment benefits: was an employee contractually entitled to annual increases in his PHI payments?
The Court of Appeal has held that an employee was contractually entitled to annual increases in the payments he received under an income protection scheme. The fact that these increases were not covered by the insurer did...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation will pay $1.44 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by submitting false or invalid codes to inflate payments from the Medicare Advantage program. ...