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Coronavirus guidance for employers
Coronavirus guidance for employers This guidance answers some of the common questions employers have in relation to the coronavirus outbreak. Please do get in touch if you require advice on your parti...
Flexible furlough: rewriting the rules
...Employment Law Journal. Click here to read Rose's article
HMRC publishes guidance for employers on calculating their claim under the coronavirus job retention scheme
...employment allowance used in that pay period. If they have not, or do not expect to pay any employer NICs in a pay period as a result of the employment allowance, they should not claim for employer NI...
Job retention scheme: welcome clarifications as HMRC updates guidance again
Job retention scheme: welcome clarifications as HMRC updates guidance again HMRC has updated its coronavirus job retention scheme guidance for employers again. The latest key changes include sections ...
COVID-19 and health and safety: joint statement issued by the HSE, TUC and CBI
COVID-19 and health and safety: joint statement issued by the HSE, TUC and CBI The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) ha...
Pension contributions and the coronavirus job retention scheme
...employment complexities associated with taking this step, furloughing workers raises a number of questions about the treatment of their pensions and other benefits during the furlough period. In ...
Online isolation notes now available
Online isolation notes now available The government has launched new online isolation notes for employees to provide to their employer as evidence they have been advised to self-isolate due to coronav...
Statutory Sick Pay rebate scheme launching on 26 May
Statutory Sick Pay rebate scheme launching on 26 May From 26 May, small and medium-sized employers will be able to claim back Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees off work due to coronavirus. The Cor...
Coronavirus job retention scheme: revised legal framework for claims submitted after 22 May
...employment. The previous rules said that the employer and employee must have agreed in writing that the employee will cease all work. The new rules say that there must be an agreement betw...
Pandemic leads to increased desire for flexible working, survey finds
...Employment Bill making flexible working the default but has not yet started that consultation. You can read the full survey here
Furlough: Updated HMRC guidance confirms employees who are home-schooling are eligible for furlough
Furlough: Updated HMRC guidance confirms employees who are home-schooling are eligible for furlough HMRC’s updated furlough guidance confirms employers can furlough employees who are unable to work du...
Coronavirus: gender pay gap reporting suspended this year
Coronavirus: gender pay gap reporting suspended this year The Government Equalities Office and Equality and Human Rights Commission have today (24 March 2020) decided to suspend enforcement of the gen...
UPDATED: Coronavirus job retention scheme - what you need to know
...employment law sense that are covered by the scheme. Any of the following can benefit from the scheme if they are paid via PAYE: Office holders (including company directors)Salaried membe...
Flexible furlough – Government provides more detail on how flexible furlough works
...employment for redundancy. Normal redundancy rules apply to furloughed employees. The guidance still does not clarify whether the grant can be used to fund notice pay. You can access the gover...
Furlough and job retention scheme grants: clarity on notice pay at last
...employment immediately and makes a payment in lieu of notice, it will not be able to claim a grant to cover the payment in lieu of notice.
Extra wage support announced for businesses shut down due to Covid restrictions
...employment contract by agreement and notify the employee in writing. This agreement must be made available to HMRC on request. As this is part of the Job Support Scheme (announced a couple of we...
Flexible furlough: new Treasury Direction published
Flexible furlough: new Treasury Direction published The government has published a new Treasury Direction setting out the legal basis for flexible furlough from 1 July until 31 October. ...
Covid workplace testing programme extended to offer home testing
...Employment Law Journal.
Coronavirus Immigration Update
...employment. Note that the Home Office guidance was issued on 30 March 2020 and does not say that it applies retrospectively. So, it is not clear whether employers who followed a right to work check p...
New shielding guidance – what employers need to know
...Employment Support Allowance Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19