Employment
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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy announced yesterday, 30 July 2020, that the government will be bringing in a new law to ensure furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy...
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COVID-19 has caused unprecedented challenges for employers. You may have furloughed many of your staff members, but you still need to navigate holiday pay and leave entitlement. In this article,...
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Companies looking to protect their business by relying on non-compete clauses for key employees should check that any post-termination restrictions are reasonable. When an employee leaves and there is a...
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As the country starts to reopen and people return to work, there may be a wealth of flexible working requests being made by staff for employers to consider. An O2...
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The Government announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or “Furlough Scheme”) will change from 1 July and will end on 31 October 2020. The Furlough Scheme has changed so...
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Clearly the holiday season is going to look a little different for 2020, but as the world starts to reopen and we move into the summer period, this will start...
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The changes to the CJRS mean that in order to furlough staff from 1 July, they will have had to have been furloughed for a minimum three week period at...
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There are many reasons why a business would seek to vary the terms of someone’s contract of employment. Perhaps a business is relocating and so the place of work clause...
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With Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the Coronavirus Job Retention or ‘Furlough’ scheme is to be phased out, employers who have been using this will be thinking about their next steps....
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With the lockdown easing slightly and more people encouraged to return to work, you need to be ensuring you are providing a COVID secure workplace. The Government has issued guidance...
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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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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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