Coronavirus Help
Here we offer you help and advice with work-place challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic brings about.
Working from home in a Pandemic
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...
Job Support Scheme: who is eligible?
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...
Coronavirus – Isolation and testing in the Workplace
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...
Furlough can pay for annual leave!
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...
Employment Tribunals – increases and delays due to Covid-19
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 of 2020 by 18% (year to year comparison).
REINSTATED FOR FURLOUGH – NOW WHAT?
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...