Flexible Furloughing available from 1 July
By Fiona Gorry, Senior Solicitor.
On Friday 29 May 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out several key changes to the CJRS, which are due...
Track & Trace - Extension of Statutory Sick Pay Regulations
By Lauren Wilson, Trainee Solicitor.
New legislation has just come into force which extends the entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to those...
Annual leave during the coronavirus pandemic
By Louise Walker, Associate Director.
In our previous client updates, we have addressed frequently asked questions surrounding annual leave during...
Making your workplace COVID-secure
Employers have a duty to protect the health and safety of their employees. This duty will be particularly important as employees start to return to work while...
Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Extended By Four Months and How to Bring Employees Off Furlough
By David Reid, Director.
This afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is being extended...
Key updates for employers in respect of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
By Angela Strzyzewska, Solicitor.
Since the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the CJRS) was announced on 26 March 2020 there have been many versions...
Parental Bereavement Leave
By Louise Walker, Associate Director.
Further to our JEL alert of 24 January 2020, last week saw the introduction into UK law of the new employee...
Legislative Update
By Pauline Hughes, Trainee Solicitor
In the last week, as the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has placed significant restrictions...
Postponement of Introduction of changes to IR35
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director
As you may have seen in the news this week, the Government has announced that it is postponing the reforms...
Budget 2020: Key announcements in respect of coronavirus
By Pauline Hughes, Trainee Solicitor
On 11 March 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunsak announced his budget for the coming year.
Coronavirus
By Lauren Wilson, Trainee Solicitor.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ALERT WAS ACCURATE AS AT 28 FEBRUARY 2020.
Guidance has...
The Good Work Plan changes coming in to force in April 2020: are your employee contracts compliant?
By Fiona Gorry, Senior Solicitor.
In our last update we advised that, from 6 April 2020, the framework for providing a Statement of Initial Employment...
Forthcoming Introduction of Parental Bereavement Leave
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director.
The government has this week announced that it has laid the draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay...
What to Expect from Employment Law in 2020
By Lauren Wilson, Trainee Solicitor.
As 2020 begins, we take this opportunity to look forward to some of the anticipated and proposed developments...
What changes were made to employment law in 2019?
By Pauline Hughes, Trainee Solicitor.
As 2019 draws to a close, we take this opportunity to reflect on some of the employment law developments...
