by Martha Mitchell | Sep 24, 2020 | Coronavirus Help, General Guidance
On 22 September 2020 Boris Johnson said: “we are once again asking office workers who can work from home to do so.” He did not say that office workers must work from home, merely that if it’s possible, they can work from home. This is very different...
by Martha Mitchell | Sep 24, 2020 | Coronavirus Help, General Guidance
On 24 September 2020, Rishi Sunak announced another support package for small and medium sized businesses, the Job Support Scheme, . The scheme starts on 1 November 2020 and will run for 6 months. It can be used by businesses who did not use the furlough scheme as...
by Martha Mitchell | Sep 17, 2020 | Coronavirus Help, General Guidance
In the rapidly changing circumstances the Coronavirus Pandemic has created much uncertainty and as the R number goes above 1 again, we have been receiving questions such as: “My employee was tested positive, they have been rested and it has come back negative...
by Jennifer Ormond | Aug 19, 2020 | Coronavirus Help, General Guidance, Rates of Pay
Did you know that you can re-furlough an employee when they take annual leave? This means that employers can reclaim up to 80% of the holiday pay. If you have to pay it out, you may as well claim some of it back! Our advice is to use the scheme for all it’s...
by Kevin Murphy | Aug 11, 2020 | Coronavirus Help, Tales from the Tribunal
Employment Tribunal Claims Incease It is fair to say that there has been steady increase in Tribunal Claims since the abolition of fees in July 2017. We have previously detailed this increase but cases brought by single claimants increased again in the first quarter...
by Jennifer Ormond | Jul 28, 2020 | Coronavirus Help
In April Martin Lewis campaigned for employers to rehire and furlough staff who had left employment. He was vocal about employers having a moral obligation to do so. A lot of employers took employees back on. Businesses now have staff that they no longer need....
