BREAKING NEWS: HMRC provides clarity on the furlough scheme requirements
It has been a matter of some debate over the past few weeks as to whether or not employers needed a written agreement from an employee to cease all work in order to be able to claim under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This arose as a result of a discrepancy between the Treasury Direction, […]
Staying connected in a disconnected world
I’m so proud of my team. The past 3 weeks have been challenging to say the least! We’ve had to learn brand new laws that have changed several times already; manage a large redundancy consultation project; firefight client queries as they came flooding in from every communication channel you can think of and all whilst […]
Hot off the press: HMRC’s amendment to the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme
HMRC have just announced that they have changed the qualifying date when an employee has to be on employer’s payroll to benefit from the furlough scheme. This has been changed to 19th March 2020 when it was previously 28th February 2020. Some would say this welcome announcement comes after a lot of backlash. This announcement […]
New points-based immigration system to be introduced
Being part of the EU meant that as a member state, we enjoyed the free movement of people and goods within the EU, i.e. we could travel freely between each member state as we pleased. Following our departure from the EU, the Home Office have announced a new points-based immigration system which will come into […]
The Good Work Plan… Remember that?
In the chaos that has engulfed employment law in the past few weeks and months with coronavirus, the date of the 6th April may have slipped your mind. So, that’s why are giving you a quick refresher on what you need to know about the Good Work Plan to ensure you put in place the necessary […]