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CoronavirusEmployment lawLatest NewsExecutive payFurlough
Directors’ rights and responsibilities under CJRS
On 4 April HM Revenue and Customs published new guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Up until now, there has been much debate over whether Directors can be …
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The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has said it expects it will take years rather than months for the labour market to fully recover from the economic impact of the …
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Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
Liz Earle Beauty Company adopted discriminatory redundancy process for pregnant worker
The Liz Earle Beauty Company must pay a former employee more than £17,000 for pregnancy and maternity discrimination, after it failed to consider her for other vacancies as part of …
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Employees are thinking twice before switching their camera on for a work-related video call, it has emerged, with one in six employees admitting to disabling video functionality because they are …
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CoronavirusLatest NewsJob creation and lossesLabour marketFurlough
Furlough scheme could cost up to £40 billion
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherThe Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will cost an estimated £30bn to £40bn over the three months it is set to run, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank. While the …
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CoronavirusHealth and safetyLatest News
Welsh employers have legal obligation to enforce social distancing
Workplaces in Wales must ensure staff adhere to a two-metre social distancing rule which was put in place by the country’s government yesterday (7 April). The new rule applies to …
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Covid-19 has hit recruitment activity hard as permanent and temporary placements both fell at the steepest rates since 2009 with employers cancelling or postponing plans to take on new staff. …
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With the UK entering its third week of lockdown, the majority of the workforce continue to work from home. However, there still remains numerous challenges with this almost-overnight switch to …
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StressAnxietyFinancial wellbeingMental healthWellbeing
Just 1% ‘never’ experience work-related stress, finds survey
Just 1% of employees claim never to experience work-related stress, a survey conducted for Stress Awareness Month this month (April) has found. Of the 1,815 people polled by employee experience …
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Employment tribunals
Injury to feelings: how the employment tribunal awarded £400k
by Oliver Weissby Oliver WeissA former Department for Work and Pensions employee recently received almost £400,000 in compensation following age and race discrimination
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ApprenticeshipsCoronavirusLatest NewsDistance learningLearning & developmentFurlough
Apprentices can continue learning while furloughed
Apprentices who have been furloughed are allowed to continue their training as long as it does not provide a service or generate revenue for their employer, the government has confirmed. …
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CoronavirusLatest NewsInformation & consultationSickness absenceFurloughTrade unions
Furlough: what the updated guidance clarifies, and what it doesn’t
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherEmployers may still have questions even after Rishi Sunak’s clarification of the system’s details.
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We can compare our current experience to those of scientists stationed in the polar regions – yes, really.
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StressAnxietyMental healthSickness absenceWellbeing
Financial services staff ‘more stressed than in 2008 financial crisis’
The number of stress-related absences in financial services in the past few years had risen to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to new analysis of Health …
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CoronavirusEmployment lawLatest NewsFurloughRedundancy
Furlough: employers may re-employ staff who left after 28 February
Employers can re-employ people who were made redundant or left their organisations after 28 February 2020 and make a claim for their wages, the government has clarified in its updated …