Updated on 02/03/2022
The government has made many changes to support businesses during the coronavirus crisis. If you're a business owner, employer or self-employed, it's important to keep up-to-date with these changes so you can get the support you need. Our solicitors are making sure we're keeping track of what the legal implications are of the government's changes so that we can help and support you through this time.
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Furlough information
- Redundancy dismissals: tribunal says employer not obliged to continue to furlough staff, 06/08/2021
- Employer who failed to consider furlough as an alternative to redundancy unfairly dismissed employee, 04/08/2021
- Employee who asked to be furloughed because of fears about COVID-19 was not unfairly dismissed, 08/06/2021
- Right to work checks - COVID flexibility due to end on 16 May, 22/04/2021
- Budget 2021: implications for employers, 03/03/2021
- Who is claiming furlough? HMRC publishes its first list, 04/02/2021
- Lawyers Say Employees Have No 'Right' To Furlough When Faced With Redundancy, 29/01/2021
- Furlough: new rules for calculating the pay of variable hours workers, 29/01/2021
- Breaking: furlough scheme extended again - this time until the end of April 2021, 17/12/2020
- Furlough fraud - government clarifies how 'naming and shaming' will work, 02/12/2020
- Extended furlough scheme - our complete guide to the new rules including important information about redundancies, 16/11/2020
- New guidance suggests employers won't be able to claim furlough if they serve notice of redundancy after 1 December, 11/11/2020
- What are the new rules on the extended furlough scheme? 06/11/2020
- Furlough Scheme Extended Again - This Time Until The End Of March 2021, 05/11/2020
- Furlough scheme extended as England gets ready to go into another national lockdown, 02/11/2020
- Overclaimed furlough grants? If you don't own up HMRC could name and shame you, 7/08/2020
- Updated FAQ's about making furloughed staff redundant, 31/07/2020
- Job Retention Bonus - eligibility requirements, 31/07/2020
- Redundancy: furloughed workers must receive full notice pay, 30/07/2020
- Summer Statement - employment implications, 10/07/2020
- SSP extended to people in 'support bubbles', 07/07/2020
- Furlough fraud: How to ensure you don’t fall foul of the rules, 07/07/2020
- When can employees who are shielding return to work?, 26/06/2020
- Are one third of employees asked to commit furlough fraud?, 19/06/2020
- New flexible furlough scheme guidance published, 15/06/2020
- Employers won't be penalised for making genuine mistakes when claiming furlough payments, 09/06/2020
- Furlough deadline 10 June for UK businesses furloughing staff for the first time, 09/06/2020
- Details of new furlough scheme from Wednesday 1st July, 30/05/2020
- HMRC receive nearly 800 reports of organisations defrauding the Furlough Scheme, 20/05/2020
- Furloughing in the education sector, 20/05/2020
- Furlough Scheme extended until the end of October 2020, 12/05/2020
- Furloughing staff and redundancy – FAQs for employers, 01/05/2020
- Furlough inconsistencies between guidance from the UK government and the Treasury Direction – House of Commons publishes new information, 30/04/2020
- Early signs that employment disputes are increasing – insight from our employment team, who handle thousands of claims each year, 29/04/2020
- Government furlough portal now open – what employers need to make a claim, 20/04/2020
- Pensions and furloughing – our latest update on how furloughing will affect pension schemes, 07/04/2020
- Updated furlough guidance – further advice for employers, 06/04/2020
- Holiday and furlough guidance – the unanswered questions for employers, 03/04/2020
- Government will pay up to 80% of redundant worker’s wages – read more about the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, 23/03/2020
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Staff and HR
- New public health advice for people with COVID-19 and their contacts, 01/03/2022
- End of COVID-19 rules: what employers need to know, 23/02/2022
- Can you dismiss an employee for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19?, 02/02/2022
- Hybrid Working: The ‘New Normal’ - But At What Price?, 01/02/2022
- The end of Plan B: what does living with COVID-19 mean for employers?, 27/01/2022
- COVID-19: employee who employee who was sacked after raising health and safety concerns was protected under whistleblowing legislation, 24/01/2022
- Can you reduce contractual sick pay for unvaccinated members of staff?, 19/01/2022
- Changes in rules on self-isolation in force today: employer's questions answered, 17/01/2022
- Statutory sick pay - new rules in force today, 17/12/2021
- Omicron: new advice on working from home, 13/12/2021
- Lower Than Expected Economic Bounce Back For Sheffield Next Year, 06/12/2021
- South East Set To Lead UK's Economic Recovery In 2022 Following Disruptive Year, 06/12/2021
- Deadline Approaching For Government's Flexible Working Consultation, 24/11/2021
- SSP rebate scheme reopens to SME employers, 11/01/20222
- Fear of COVID-19 not protected under UK discrimination law, 04/01/2022
- Update: new COVID-19 self-isolation rules, 31/12/2021
- Employee unfairly dismissed for raising safety concerns on the day of the first lockdown, 31/12/2021
- Statutory sick pay - new rules in force today, 17/12/2021
- Omicron: new testing and self-isolation rules, 15/12/2021
- Omicron: new advice on working from home, 13/12/2021
- The Omicron variant: employers questions answered, 30/11/2021
- Employment Lawyers Report 20% Rise In Covid-Related Workplace Claims, 22/09/2021
- SSP COVID-19 rebate scheme ends on 30 September 2021, 21/09/2021
- Pay cuts: Counting the cost of WFH, 18/08/2021
- Self-isolation, COVID-19 vaccinations and GDPR: employers' questions answered, 18/08/2021
- COVID-19: list published of 16 sectors where workers may be exempt from 'close contact' self-isolation, 23/07/2021
- Frontline health and care staff don't have to self-isolate if they've been in contact with someone with COVID-19, 21/07/2021
- Can employers ask clinically extremely vulnerable people to return to work on 19 July?, 15/07/2021
- Employers' guide to the NHS test and trace app, 14/07/2021
- No jab, no job: implications for the care sector, 09/07/2021
- Health And Safety Dismissals - A Tale Of Two Cases, 06/07/2021
- Are you thinking about adopting an agile or hybrid working pattern? We've created a toolkit to help you, 05/07/2021
- Employee who refused to return to work to protect his vulnerable father was unfairly dismissed, 02/07/2021
- Compulsory Care Home COVID Jabs Creates Discrimination Risks, 17/06/2021
- Government asks employees to work from home if they can for another four weeks, 15/06/2021
- Sending a pregnant woman home during COVID-19 lockdown was not maternity discrimination, 09/06/2021
- Returning to the office to work? Key issues employers need to consider before 21 June, 26/05/2021
- Right to work checks - COVID flexibility now due to end on 20 June, 12/05/2021
- Lawyers Predict Rise In Employment Vaccination Claims, 11/05/2021
- ACAS publish advice on long COVID, 05/05/2021
- Holidays abroad - employers questions answered, 22/04/2021
- Do home workers need a 'right' to disconnect?, 15/04/2021
- COVID-19: employee who refused to return to work because be believed his workplace posed a 'serious and imminent' danger loses unfair dismissal claim, 13/04/2021
- COVID-19: employee who refused to wear a mask was fairly dismissed, 08/04/2021
- HR and employment news in brief - March 2021, 17/03/2021
- Education and employment news in brief - March 2021, 03/03/2021
- The shielding programme has been expanded - what this means for employers, 17/02/2021
- HR and employment news in brief – February 2021, 16/02/2021
- Government encourages SMEs to start testing staff for COVID-19, 08/02/2020
- Seven things to consider if your employee wants to work from home (and home is outside the UK), 03/02/2021
- No vaccine, no job? Can employers insist their staff take the Covid-19 vaccine?, 19/01/2021
- Should you furlough staff who are having to home school their children?, 16/01/2021
- Long COVID - implications for employers, 12/01/2020
- Employment law changes 2021 - guide for businesses, 11/01/2021
- Employment law changes 2021: guide for schools and colleges, 07/01/2021
- From 2 December clinically extremely vulnerable people can return to work, 30/11/2020
- Working from home required under all three new tiers in England, 25/11/2020
- New guidance on 'shielders' - what options do you have if they can't work from home? 12/11/2020
- Caring for employees in the care sector, 12/10/2020
- In changing times, what are the key employment issues property companies need to be aware of?, 01/10/2020
- Employers can be fined £1,000 - £10,000 for breaching self isolation rules, 29/09/2020
- Returning to work: government moves the goalposts again, 23/09/2020
- Christmas cancelled - the 'rule of six' limits work social gatherings, 17/09/2020
- FAQ's about self isolation, test and trace and SSP, 15/09/2020
- Whistleblowing: why are claims increasing and what's the best way to respond?, 06/08/2020
- How to deal with staff returning from Spain, 27/07/2020
- Tips to help staff work and care for their children, 03/07/2020
- Are you considering temperature checks to get staff back to work?, 22/06/2020
- Post travel quarantine rules - advice for employers, 18/06/2020
- Lawyers warn businesses reopening of their legal duties to protect workers, 12/06/2020
- Do you need to include BAME and obese workers in your return to work risk assessments?, 04/06/2020
- Test and trace system could lead to more employment disputes, 29/05/2020
- Track and trace system will ask employees to self-isolate for 14 days, 28/05/2020
- Re-opening of schools and colleges – advice for employers, 19/05/2020
- Whistleblowing warning as UK comes out of lockdown, 18/05/2020
- Returning to work – FAQS for employers, 14/05/2020
- FAQs for businesses about staying at home, pay and holidays – how to manage your staff’s holidays while they are forced to stay at home, 23/03/2020
- FAQs about pregnancy and ‘high risk’ individuals – advice for businesses, 23/03/2020
- Coronavirus and cashflow – the difficult decisions about staffing during a crisis, 18/03/2020
- Your top 10 HR questions answered – get advice on how to manage increasing staff absences, 11/03/2020
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