Furlough

Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that any extension of furlough beyond 30 April must be ‘limited and carefully targeted’.

Pre-Pandemic, Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of the Inception Group, a collection of some of London’s coolest, bars, restaurants was riding high. ...

Employers could do more to make working parents aware of their rights to leave and financial support during the pandemic, a study has claimed.

Calls are growing for the government to confirm whether employers will need to report their 2020/21 gender pay gap figures.

Policies launched in response to the pandemic have overlooked well-understood labour market and caring inequalities faced by women.

Furlough should not be time-limited and should remain in place as long as Covid-19 restrictions on business are needed, Labour has said.

Rishi Sunak faces increasing pressure to bolster support for company directors, the self-employed and other workers not eligible for furlough.

The government has launched a new Job Finding Support Service amid growing pressure from business and unions to further extend...

With strengthened lockdown measures in January, employers have again been asking for guidance on employees who are home-schooling.
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HMRC figures show 13% of employees were on furlough at the end of December.

More details of employers using the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme will be revealed next month but ministers criticised for lack of transparency.

The number of employees on payrolls has plummeted by 828,000 since the Covid-19 pandemic began, with the number of redundancies...

‘Flexible furlough’ should be extended through to autumn to provide income support for those whose work continues to be disrupted...

3 March Budget expected to include another furlough extension as tight restrictions look set to stay well into spring.

Rishi Sunak needs to act now, ahead of his Budget, to help protect UK companies through the Spring to ensure...