Date of Last Update: 04/10/2021 You can find the latest furlough scheme updates here: 4 October 2021 – The end of the furlough scheme As the furlough scheme came to an end on 30 September 2021, so did the ability to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for absences related to Coronavirus. From 1st October, SSP…
On the 16th August 2021, Government guidance regarding self-isolation of those identified as close contacts or household contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases changed. From 16th August 2021… You are no longer required to self-isolate if you are identified as a close contact of a person with COVID-19 or live in the same household as someone with…
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends on 30 September and so could thousands of jobs as economic uncertainty forced employers to consider redundancies. At the outset of the Scheme in April 2020, a different type of pressure exerted itself on the jobs market where employers, some may say, panicked by cutting their headcounts. A different…
Is it necessary for workers to have a COVID vaccine to be able to work? Many of our clients, and ourselves, have come up with contractual expectations to only send ‘double jabbed’ workers to their client’s workspaces, regardless of where this is. Is this lawful? If yes, then it must meet some human rights and…
The Prime Minister has confirmed that Step 4 of the Roadmap out of lockdown restrictions will proceed as planned on 19 July.
COVID Roadmap. The Prime Minster’s announcement on 12th July, affecting the roadmap changes due on 19th July, has thrown up a whole heap of confusion.
Right to work checks: employing EU, EEA and Swiss citizens From 1 July 2021, new rules for right to work checks will apply and EU, EEA, or Swiss citizens will need to provide evidence of lawful immigration status in the UK. Up to 30th June, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens can use their EU passport/ID…
Hybrid working: the future is flexible, or is it? Following a year or more of home working, online meetings and IT reliance, businesses and their workers are now assessing how the future for workplace attendance looks. Is the future a hybrid version of home and office working? Throughout the last few months, there have been…
The Department of Health and Social Care have today (18 March 2021) issued a press release setting out future shielding guidance to those categorised as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV). Following the roadmap out of the national restrictions published by the Government, it is currently intended that from the 1 April 2021, at the earliest, those…
This question now being asked of us by some of our customers is to clarify when they will be able to return to work as “normal”. The government’s roadmap sets out four key steps on the way to this. Step one is where we are now, with schools and education resuming on site. If things…