The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced that the UK furlough scheme has been extended and will run for a further four months as outlined below: The Coronavirus Job…
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If none of the work can be undertaken at home, then the government is now encouraging businesses to help their employees get back to work but to do so they…
In 2020 only, the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) will become a bank holiday instead of the usual early May bank holiday. This will enable as…
HMRC have announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) portal is now live, from Monday 20th April, with the first payments being made up to 10 days later. We…
On 17 April 2020 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended by one month until the end of June…
As many as 200,000 more UK workers will now be eligible to get support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) after the date for eligibility was extended to 19…
HMRC confirmed that the 20th April 2020 is the launch date of the online service for reclaiming wages under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). At around the same time, businesses will be contacted by HMRC…
The Home Office introduced some emergency measures on 30 March 2020 to ensure right to work checks can still be carried out during the current COVID19 crisis. Emergency COVID-19 changes…
The Coronavirus Act 2020 brought in several measures, one of which, Schedule 7, was Emergency Volunteering Leave (EVL), which is a temporary form of statutory unpaid leave for employees who…
The word ‘discrimination’ is often used on a day to day basis to describe being treated unfairly for a particular reason; but unlawful discrimination happens when less favourable or unfair treatment relates...
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