Nine million people across the ‘big five’ European economies face an elevated risk of losing their jobs in 2021 because...
Furlough
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Research reveals staff subject to pay cuts while being asked to work while furloughed and people threatened with deportation unless they went along with fraud.
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Late last week the government published the first full guidance on the new flexible furlough scheme coming into force on 1 July. What are the key details?
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Employers that think they have abused the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will have a 30-day window in which to admit their mistakes.
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From 1 July employees will no longer have to be furloughed for a minimum period of three weeks: new guidance from HM Revenue and Customs.
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Drawing narrow comparisons between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ types of work does nothing to help precarious workers, according to a panel...
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More than a million people fell through the cracks of the government’s coronavirus support schemes for employees and the self-employed....
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About 2,500 jobs to go at leading builders' merchant as low demand forecasts bite.
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Retail, wholesale, accommodation and food services businesses have been the biggest users of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, together putting...
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Women aged 25 and under faced the greatest risk of long term unemployment because of the Covid-19 crisis, claims TUC study.
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The High Court today hears a case brought by drivers and the IWGB over Treasury's failure to protect precarious workers during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Centrica, which owns British Gas, plans to cut management layers and make itself more agile and customer-focused, but union says it will fight to save jobs.
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Parents who are on statutory maternity and paternity leave due to return to work in the next few months will...
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The proportion of businesses who believe they will have to cut staff permanently has reduced to 10% from a high...
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Today is the last day employers can place employees on furlough who have so far not been on the government’s...