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...
“You have not been forgotten. You have not been left behind. We all stand together.” These were the words spoken by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, this evening as he announced unprecedented support for self-employed workers to cope with...
Please note this is very much headline news and we will be updating this article as soon as we receive further detail on the Government’s announcements. This evening the Chancellor has announced “unprecedented” and comprehensive support...
Welcome Chat about football or cricket in the workplace should be curtailed, says Chartered Management Institute head Ann Francke. This, she says, is because sports banter can exclude women and lead to laddish behaviour. “They don’t...
31 January 2020, exit day has come and gone. But I’ve got a wretched feeling that we are still going to be talking about the effects of Brexit for the foreseeable future. As fed up as we all are of the B-word, from an employment law (as well as...
