We now have details of how furlough leave will look moving forwards. It was expected that there would be a change from 1 August but in fact from 1‌‌ July 2020 employers will have the flexibility to bring previously furloughed workers back to work part-time.

We have summarised below some further recent updates for employers managing their way through the current pandemic. As ever, please do get in touch with any questions at all.

New HMRC guidance about expenses and benefits, childcare and making workplaces safe.

One of the areas of conjecture since the introduction of furlough leave has been how employers should manage...

A number of developments have been made to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) over the last few days. We have summarised the significant changes below.

Further guidance was made available from the Government  earlier this week regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The main areas that were updated and clarified were: who the Scheme applies to; the process for furloughing staff; and what can and cannot be claimed for.  We have highlighted the changes in these areas below…

At this time of year we always see a number of employment law changes. Recognising that employers probably already have plenty of workplace challenges at this difficult time, we hope that this update will provide a helpful and manageable summary for all.

Many employers will have put their recruitment on hold during these challenging and unusual times but for...

Workers are entitlement a minimum of 28 days, which usually includes the 8 Public and Bank Holidays.New Regulations have been passed to relax the Working Time Regulations (WTR) which govern the minimum entitlement to holiday and the rules about carry over of holiday.