Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme is set to launch next week! Following the coronavirus outbreak, the Government have put together a package of support measures for businesses who have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. As part of this package, Employers will be able to recover coronavirus related statutory sick pay (“SSP”). A […]
Requiring employees to take holiday during furlough
Employers, you can now require employees to take holiday during furlough! Furloughed employees are continuing to accrue statutory holiday entitlements (and any additional holiday provided for under their contract of employment). Subsequently, this could result in a number of employees accruing a total of 8 months’ holiday! The Government has recently published guidance stating that […]
BREAKING NEWS: Extension of the furlough scheme confirmed
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced today that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be extended for a period of 4 months, until the end of October 2020. He has confirmed that there will be no changes to the current scheme until the end of July, but that from August, the scheme will allow […]
COVID-19 Recovery Strategy Road Map
The government has published Our Plan to Rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Strategy with the aim of guiding the UK out of lockdown on a staged basis. In relation to returning to work, the Plan states that, from Wednesday 13th May 2020: “For the foreseeable future, workers should continue to work from home […]