Furlough

Furlough and redundacy may force some skilled migrant workers to return home. Jonathan Beech explains the impact of job losses...

Nine million people across the ‘big five’ European economies face an elevated risk of losing their jobs in 2021 because...

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.

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?

Employers that think they have abused the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will have a 30-day window in which to admit their mistakes.

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.

Drawing narrow comparisons between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ types of work does nothing to help precarious workers, according to a panel...

More than a million people fell through the cracks of the government’s coronavirus support schemes for employees and the self-employed....

About 2,500 jobs to go at leading builders' merchant as low demand forecasts bite.

Retail, wholesale, accommodation and food services businesses have been the biggest users of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, together putting...

Women aged 25 and under faced the greatest risk of long term unemployment because of the Covid-19 crisis, claims TUC study.

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.

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.

Parents who are on statutory maternity and paternity leave due to return to work in the next few months will...

The proportion of businesses who believe they will have to cut staff permanently has reduced to 10% from a high...