Our gift to you
Another employment law is introduced that favours employees. The minimum wage is increasing by almost 10%, staff are threatening strike action if their demands are not met, soon they will be able to request flexible working from day one of employment and you won’t be able to stop low paid/part-time employees from working for anyone […]
Risk to employers of more backdated holiday pay claims
The Supreme Court has provided guidance on the way in which UK employers must calculate holiday pay for “part year workers.” The Court held that workers who are only employed for part of the year, but whose contract lasts for the full year, are entitled to a full years’ worth of statutory holiday entitlement, 5.6 […]
Settlement Agreements – Two sides of the same coin
Settlement Agreements, once known as Compromise Agreements are legally binding agreements entered into by an employer and employee to settle any potential claims or complaints that an employee may have against their employer. Usually they are entered into where the parties have reached the conclusion that the employment relationship can no longer continue but they […]
CJRS Treasury Direction Update
Firstly, what on earth is a CJRS Treasury Direction? This is a direction which forms part of the legal framework behind the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”). The first CJRS Treasury Direction was published on 15 April 2020 and as you can imagine, a number of amendments and updates have been made since. The latest […]
CRJS November Update
Further updates to the extended furlough scheme Further guidance has been published today in relation to the extension of the furlough scheme. The Government confirmed in the guidance published on the 10 November 2020 that they would review the position in relation to claims made on or after 1 December 2020 in relation to employees […]
The Travel Lottery
Following a recent increase in flare-ups of Covid-19 across the world, the Government is imposing restrictions to those travelling abroad, with very little notice. Subsequently, thousands of people in the UK have found themselves having to self-isolate after returning to the UK from other countries. A significant number of people have been caught out by […]
Flexible Furlough Scheme
The Government have announced further details of the new flexible furlough scheme due to start on the 1st July 2020. From 1st July, employers can bring furloughed employees back to work for any amount of time and any shift pattern, while still being able to claim CJRS grant for the hours not worked. Employers will have […]
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: 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, […]
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 […]