Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended until 31 March 2021
It has been a rollercoaster week for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Initially planned to end on 31 October 2020, at which…
Employment
Reimagining the role of learning and development.
Learning and Development is used to describe everything a business does to encourage professional development among its employees, e.g.…
Job Support Scheme: Further changes and policy paper announced
On 23 October 2020, the Government published a policy paper setting out further details on the Job Support Scheme [“JSS”]. The paper,…
Coronavirus: Extension to the Job Support Scheme announced
The Job Support Scheme (“JSS”) was announced in late September as the successor to the Job Retention Scheme, due to end on 31 October 2020…
Curtain Call for Cineworld Staff as Theatres Enter Hibernation
As curtains come down on cinema industry, employers urged to follow fair processes and consider available support.
There has been a lot of…
Safe Return to the Workplace – Guidance for Employers
The Scottish Government guidance for employees is that anyone who can work from home, should continue to do so. However, some…
Coronavirus and Employment: Chancellor Announces New Jobs Support Scheme
Today, the Chancellor announced the UK Government’s plans to introduce a new “Job Support Scheme” from November 2020 to April 2021. The new…
Employment Law Webinar: Flexible Working post-lockdown
As the furlough scheme is being tapered down and with restrictions gradually being eased businesses are beginning to think about their…
Why Redundancies Could Lead to Increased Subject Access Requests
An unanticipated consequence of the increase in redundancies resulting from the pandemic is that many organisations find themselves in…
Sick Pay for Self-Isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic
Law week saw the reporting of new cases of coronavirus in school children and a new cluster of cases centred around a Coupar…
Employment Law | Reducing Workforce costs, Reorganisation and Redundancy.
As we make our way through the Government stages of easing lockdown, talk has turned to returning to business. For businesses who have…
Looking After Remote Workers: An Employer's Duties
Home and remote working have now become a fact of life for many of us, and with access to reliable technology virtual meetings and…
Job losses predicted to be worse than previously feared
A recent survey commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and recruitment company Adecco indicates a…
Travelling Abroad and the Quarantine rules: How will this affect your employment?
On 26 July the Scottish and UK Governments announced that, until further notice, a 14-day quarantine period will be reintroduced for…
TUPE and Multiple Transferees
In the case of ISS Facility Services NV v Sonia Govaerts & Atalian NV, formerly Euroclean NV, the ECJ has held that, where there is a…
Returning to Work: the end of shielding
Since March 2020 and the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, the country’s health has been of paramount concern and for none more…
Employment Law | Mental Health and Wellbeing.
With one in four people in the UK likely to be affected by mental ill health at some stage in their lives, employers need to be able to…
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to change from 1 July 2020
On Friday 29 May 2020, the Chancellor published further details regarding the second phase of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which…
Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme extended until October 2020
On 12 May 2020, the Chancellor announced that the Job Retention Scheme, previously set to provide support to employers until 30 June 2020,…
Furlough v Parental and Sick Leave
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme went live on 20 April 2020. Since its announcement in March, the numerous iterations of the government…
Employment Law | Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Your Questions Answered
You are invited to join employment law specialists, Chris Phillips and Debbie Fellows who will be hosting an online Q&A to answer your…