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• Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough scheme”)

  • PostedJune 1, 2020

  On 12 May, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention, or “furlough” Scheme was to be extended, providing additional support for wages until October. In that announcement,...

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• COVID-19: law changes from 1 June 2020

  • PostedJune 1, 2020

  Changes in the emergency regulations have rapidly been introduced following last week’s indication of some impending relaxations and were published only hours before they came into force at midnight last...

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• The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Furloughed Workers

  • PostedMay 27, 2020

  On Friday 20 March 2020, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced significant support for businesses in the UK to deal with the effects of COVID-19. The most significant from an employment...

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• How do we deal with holiday for those on furlough leave?

  • PostedMay 27, 2020

  HMRC updated their guidance for employees’ and have provided much-needed clarity on how to deal with annual leave periods whilst someone is on furlough leave. We know that holiday entitlement...

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• Survey suggests 86% of businesses will be more prepared to allow home working post COVID-19

  • PostedMay 18, 2020

  A straw poll conducted by Ashtons Legal suggests that only 13% of businesses have seen their revenue unaffected by the pandemic. 43% think it will take them between seven and...

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• Mediation during COVID-19

  • PostedMay 14, 2020

  This week the Government announced its roadmap to lift the lockdown restrictions but so far, this guidance does not include any changes to the workings of the civil courts and...

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• COVID-19 – relaxations in law from 13 May 2020

  • PostedMay 13, 2020

  Following recent Government announcements, the following are the main changes that come into force from Wednesday 13 May 2020. (Please note that these apply to England only – other regulations...

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• Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19): employers, employees and the self-employed

  • PostedMay 12, 2020

  The Government has published “Working Safely during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)”. We will be reviewing this from a regulatory and employment law perspective at our Ashtons Legal Webinar on Thursday 21...

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• Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough scheme”) until end of October

  • PostedMay 12, 2020

  On 12 May 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the furlough scheme in its current form will be extended until 31 July 2020. There will be no changes to the...

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• Commercial property landlords and COVID-19 – what are your options?

  • PostedMay 11, 2020

  After the immediate shock of the lockdown and the March quarter day which came soon afterward, commercial property landlords are taking stock and working out their options for the next...

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• Webinar – Returning to work in a COVID-19 era: a Q&A

  • PostedMay 7, 2020

  As the UK has passed the peak of infections, employers around the country are asking, how do we return our staff to work? COVID-19 has required all businesses in every...

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• Debt recovery strategy for the COVID-19 crisis

  • PostedMay 6, 2020

  One of the features of the COVID-19 crisis is the feeling that ‘we are all in this together’. Everyone is keen to play their part to find a way through,...

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