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The BBC has suggested it may need to “quarantine” actors and production crews if it wanted to restart television production. Most of the television production industry was forced to shut …
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Home secretary Priti Patel is likely to be cleared of accusations she bullied senior civil servants in three government departments, according to reports. Patel had been accused of mistreating civil …
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Collective redundancyCoronavirusLatest NewsTrade unionsFurloughRedundancy
British Airways to make 12,000 staff redundant
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherPilots’ union Balpa is calling for British Airways to ask for a government bailout after the airline announced it would make 12,000 staff redundant. BA’s parent company IAG said it …
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Barclays chief executive: Flexible working will become the norm
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherBarclays chief executive Jes Staley has claimed that office blocks housing thousands of workers could become a thing of the past – and that flexible working will become the norm. …
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CoronavirusLatest NewsFurloughPart-time working
Reduced hours for furloughed staff would aid recovery
Employers want more flexibility built into the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – including an extension until at least September and the ability for employees to work reduced hours. This is …
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Savers looking to move from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) pension during the Covid-19 crisis are to be warned against it in a letter from regulators. …
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Learning & development
Government launches free learning for furloughed workers
by Rob Mossby Rob MossEmployers are being urged to encourage furloughed staff to improve their skills while at home by using a new e-learning platform the Department for Education has introduced today. “The Skills …
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Bereaved families of frontline health and social care staff in England who lose their lives while fighting the coronavirus will receive a £60,000 death in service lump sum, health secretary …
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One of the best known images of the First World War is the commanding face of Lord Kitchener, his finger pointing authoritatively back to the reader and asserting, ‘Your country …
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The IR35 rules are ’riddled with problems, unfairnesses, and unintended consequences’, according to a House of Lords committee.
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Long-term employee with a spinal condition was banned from taking a break and told to learn what ‘professionalism’ meant.
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AELP lambasts Department for Education over failure to meet Cabinet Office obligation to support all training providers.
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Latest NewsEconomics, government & businessPublic sectorFurlough
Furlough top-up confusion in museum sector
Furloughed staff at prestigious museums are having their salaries topped-up on a case-by-case basis.
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Furloughed workers taking parental or adoption leave will receive parental or adoption pay based on their usual earnings, not the lower rate they receive while on furlough. Parental leave and …
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Protecting productivity and decision-making during the lockdown means defeating boredom, argues Professor Binna Kandola