by Solutions for HR | May 26, 2020 | Employment Law News
A fair few holiday plans have fallen through because of the pandemic and an employee has asked to cancel their previously booked annual leave and take this time off at a later date. Do you have to agree? Quite often employees believe that they have an automatic right...
by Solutions for HR | May 26, 2020 | Employment Law News
Employers do not have to get an employee’s written agreement to furlough A Treasury Direction last week finally gave clarity on whether an employer must receive a written agreement from an employee that they are to cease work under the furlough scheme in order to make...
by Solutions for HR | May 14, 2020 | Employment Law News
The Government published some helpful guidance The Government published some helpful guidance yesterday confirming the situation around holidays whilst on furlough. The guidance confirms that: Employers can require employees to take holiday during furlough, subject to...
by Solutions for HR | Apr 18, 2020 | Employment Law News
Extension of the Furlough Scheme until 30th June and some clarification on holidays Unsurprisingly on the 17th April, the Chancellor confirmed an extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme by one month to reflect continuing social distancing measures. The...
by Solutions for HR | Apr 15, 2020 | Employment Law News
HMRC has just announced that the qualifying date for employees to have been on the employer’s payroll to be eligible to be furloughed is now the 19th March 2020. This has changed from the previously published 28th February and is now one day prior to when the...
by Solutions for HR | Apr 9, 2020 | Employment Law News
1. We understand that HMRC has told a Parliamentary Select Committee that the online portal for furlough reimbursements will be operational from the 20th April with the first payments made on 30 April. It is likely that your claims will run in line with your pay...
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