Rishi Sunak has announced the following measures aimed at supporting business: Job Retention Bonus The Job Retention Bonus aims to help businesses retain furloughed workers. Under the scheme, employers will receive a one-off bonus of £1,000 for each...

Despite Government support with the furlough scheme, job retention bonus and other measures for businesses, it expected that at least a quarter of UK businesses will be making some redundancies. Importantly the usual processes and laws around redundancy...

The CJRS guidance was updated on the 12th June 2020 and provides details on how the scheme will change from the 1st July 2020. As of the 1st July, employees can work for some of the week and be furloughed for the rest. The minimum three week period for...

Entitlement to statutory sick pay has been extended to people who have been told to self-isolate under the new NHS Test and Trace service. The Test and Trace system means that those who have been in close contact with someone who tests positive for...

On Friday 29th May the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced important updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme In June and July, the government will continue paying 80% of furloughed people’s wages, up to the maximum cap of £2,500. From July flexibility...

The Coronavirus Act 2020 provides a new statutory right to take unpaid emergency volunteering leave (EVL). This leave provides employees with time off to assist an “appropriate authority” in the health or social care sector, for example, the NHS or their...