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From the Government’s recent announcement and the news generally, 2021 is certainly off to a turbulent start. There has been an immediate impact on working parents due to the closure of schools on very short notice, which requires a flexible approach to be taken. Employers will also need to be mindful of the adverse effects of a third period of lock down on the mental health of their workforce.
In June, the government provided details of the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough scheme) which apply from 1 July 2020. In this bulletin we look at how employers can use the more flexible scheme to implement beneficial changes to how their business works, together with taking steps to avoid having to lose valuable staff through redundancy. The information set out in this bulletin is accurate as at 3 July 2020.
The UK Government has announced that companies will be expected to contribute to their furloughed employees’ salaries from 1 August 2020 and the scheme is due to come to an end on 31 October 2020. To assist you through this time, here are five creative employment law options which will help to keep good teams intact, keep morale high and avoid compulsory redundancies.
As an outsourced HR service provider and employment lawyers we, like many of you, are having to navigate through unprecedented times. We are currently being inundated with questions from our clients about the topic of holidays and foreign travel. There is so much information out there in a variety of places, so it’s understandably confusing. This update is stating the situation as at June 11, 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on how we work and how business is conducted both on a local and a global scale. During isolation, it is no surprise that some of our staff are feeling isolated. In light of the announcement by the UK government that lockdown has been extended and with little clarity for when these measures may be relaxed, staff at Jones Chase outline the joys and struggles of working from home during this confusing and uncertain time.
