Furlough

WH Smith has announced around 1,500 jobs may need to be cut as the newsagent tackles the impact of the...

The travel company that took on many Thomas Cook branches when it went bust last year has announced it is...

More than half the workers to have been furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic are already likely to have returned to...

Employers are encouraged to bring workers back to workplaces if it is safe to do so, even though the government...

Matthew Trerise and Angela Armstrong discuss the challenges neurodivergent people may experience when returning to the workplace post-lockdown, with practical...

Furloughed employees will be entitled to redundancy pay based on their normal wages, not their furlough rate, from tomorrow (31...

As furlough fades and redundancies rise, Jonny Gifford examines how workloads differ across the labour market and suggests how reducing...

Repeatedly raised concerns over gaps in support for workers and businesses during the coronavirus crisis continue to go unheeded, a...

The value of claims paid from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has reached £31.7bn, according to the latest data...

The schemes designed to safeguard jobs and income for those unable to work during the coronavirus crisis have been adapted...

Most organisations are operating at half capacity and a third expect to make redundancies over the next three months.
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Firms like Asos, Taylor Wimpey, Ikea are repaying furlough money, while others, such as Primark and Rightmove, say they will not take up the job retention bonus. What's their motivation?

Funds claimed from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be used to pay for notice periods that go above...

Working hours, says the ONS, is a more telling measure of the economic picture than payroll numbers.

With so many updates and tweaks to the furlough scheme, businesses need to work hard to ensure they don't fall foul of the rules.