Well, it’s been a while. We postponed our newsletter while we were sending out COVID updates but now, with a new year, a new dawn and sunlit uplands (hopefully) hoving into view, we feel it is perhaps time to start getting back to normal – the...
Updated 23rd December 2020 Boris Johnson announced on Saturday 31st October that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), set to end on that day, would be extended. The Job Support Scheme (and the Job Retention Bonuses) has been postponed...
With all the talk about whether the UK will reach a Brexit deal before 31 December 2020, it is easy to forget that, whatever happens, the transition period will end on that date and from then on the UK’s immigration system will be very different...
Following the introduction of ‘flexible furloughing’, the Government has published a third Treasury Direction (the “Direction”) concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the “Scheme”). Before providing more detail on the Direction, here is...
Article updated Friday, 3rd July 2020 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) has been updated. Throughout June and July, the Scheme will remain unchanged. From 1 August, the government will continue to pay 80% of wages up to a cap of...
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) has thrown up so many questions that, initially, no one knew the answers to. Slowly, but surely, the Government has drip fed us the answers to questions. Yesterday, they published further guidance on...
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on Sunday 10 May 2020, the Government released ‘Our Plan to Rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Strategy’, which became available on Monday 11 May 2020. Following this, the Government...
Video 3 – Annual Leave In this episode, we’ll be looking at the very difficult topic of how annual leave interacts with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme for short) and answering some of the frequently asked...
The Coronavirus pandemic has caused, and will continue to cause for the foreseeable future, seismic changes to the business landscape. The creation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Scheme) has saved countless jobs and will help...
Thousands of firms across the country could face legal action for breach of contract if they don’t apply furlough rules correctly in a bid to survive the Covid-19 crisis. That is our stark warning as we begin free introductory guidance sessions...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and on 28th February 2020 it raised its global assessment from high to very high. The Coronavirus is having an...
The following guidance for employees is being reviewed and updated daily and does not constitute legal advice. The government guidance is constantly evolving as the Coronavirus pandemic develops. As such, you are advised to keep up to date with...
