Increase to employment rates and awards

Each year certain statutory payments and employment tribunal awards increase. We set out a list of some of the main ones below:

COVID-19 shielding guidance is changing

At a time when we are hearing predictions that a third wave of COVID-19 will ‘wash up on our shores,’ coupled with news of potential blocks on the...

Can employers require their staff to have a COVID-19 vaccine?

As of last week, approximately 23,000,000 people in the UK had been given the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

HMRC New Treasury Direction - Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

HM Treasury has issued a new Treasury Direction (New Direction) in respect of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

Tight timescales for submitting CJRS claims

You are no doubt already aware, that new deadlines apply for submitting a claim regards your furloughed employees under the Government's Coronavirus...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - some new and important issues...

The Government has recently published several amended guidance documents which can be found on the Government website. The guidance confirms much of...

Further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has today announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will run until 31 March 2021 (not December 2020 as previously...