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Additional Bank Holidays for Platinum Jubilee
The Government have announced that to celebrate the record-breaking Platinum Jubilee there will be a four-day weekend taking place in 2022. It might be 18 months to wait but the whole nation will have an extra day off to celebrate Her Majesty's 70 years on the throne....
LOCKDOWN 2.0 – WHAT’S THE LATEST?
Further to the PM's announcement on Saturday night England is likely to go back into Lockdown. But what does this mean for your business? Do I have to close my business? The short answer is that it depends upon what you do. Although we are waiting to see the...
LockDown 2.0 – PM’s Announcement
The Prime Minster has just updated England on his next steps in the fight against Coronavirus. On Wednesday, 4 November 2020 Parliament will vote on the measures that he has put forward tonight. He said that 'no responsible Prime Minister can ignore the message' of...
So many schemes… which is which?
On 22 October 2020 the Chancellor set out a further extension to the Job Support Scheme. In his speech to parliament he referred to the "Short time work scheme" so which is which and what are the various schemes? Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme AKA “The...
Webinar Series: Getting Redundancy Right
A simple and helpful guide to redundancies Tune in to watch and listen to our two lawyers explain how to get redundancy right. Getting it wrong can result in unfair dismissal claims and compensation of up to 12 months pay to each employee. Register Now When? Tuesday...
2020 Vision – Eye tests and duty of care for employees
During the Coronavirus Pandemic working from home via virtual platforms has become part of the new normal. From client meetings,team meetings, network meetings to training courses our eyes are taking a strain. Employers have a duty of care to their employees, which...
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 work from home, merely that if it's possible, they can work from home. This is very different to the instruction...
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 November 2020 and will run for 6 months. It can be used by businesses who did not use the furlough scheme as...
Alf Murphy appointed to sit on a prestigious UK Employment Tribunal Panel
Family-run HR Consultancy Employment Law Solutions’ founder, Alf Murphy was appointed to the Upper Tribunal (Information Rights) on 17th September 2020. This comes on top of his appointment to the Employment Tribunal in January of this year. The appointment is a huge...