Furlough

Transport secretary Grant Shapps calls on P&O Ferries chief executive to resign but first to return furlough cash.

Single parents face unique challenges in gaining and staying in work since the pandemic, according to charity Gingerbread.

MPs have said HM Revenue & Customs ‘risks rewarding the unscrupulous’ if it fails to recover furlough grants that were made in error.

A nursery employee who was dismissed at the height of the pandemic was discriminated against because she was pregnant, a tribunal has found.

The Treasury expects to recover only £1 of every £4 in Covid support payments that were claimed fraudulently or in error.

‘Sunak should urgently increase the level of sick pay and expand eligibility so more people can claim it’: IPPR

Lower borrowing figures shows support for hospitality is affordable: Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Furlough should be reintroduced if lockdown measures are brought in to curb the spread of the Omicron variant, the International...

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in...

Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic from which employers can learn lessons.

Fears about mass redundancies following the end of furlough have not materialised, official figures suggest, as the number of employees...

Employers received £70bn in wage support over the course of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’s operation, but around £5.2bn was...

How should employers deal with employees reluctant to return to the workplace?
Government advice in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales...

The proportion of employees in low-paid jobs is at a record low, official figures have revealed, and median weekly pay...

Fears of mass job cuts as the furlough scheme closed have not materialised, government figures suggest.