So you have decided that testing your staff for Covid 19 might be sensible. How are you going to get it right? What about all that sensitive health information you are going to store? What are the potential legal pitfalls? In considering whether and how to implement workplace testing you will need to [...]
Latest update on the Government Coronavirus job retention scheme The key points are: Employers can now claim for employees on the payroll on or before 19 March 2020 – not 28 February 2020 as previously published. Claims should only be made for employees who have been furloughed “by reason of circumstances as a [...]
The following information emerged today (8th April 2020) about claims under the job retention scheme: The key points are: the HMRC portal for claims is expected to go live on 20 April 2020 the first payments are expected to be made on 30 April 2020 payments are expected to be made 4-6 days after claims [...]
The Government has just released (4th April 2020) further guidance on its job retention or furlough leave scheme. The key points are: A furloughed employee can work for another employer at the same time as being furloughed. This enables furloughed employees to fill keyworker vacancies (eg. for the NHS).An employer can help a furloughed [...]
Government measures introduced so far include deferring VAT and income tax payments, deferral of IR35 (for larger businesses), a 12 month business rates holiday and a change in statutory sick pay. Furlough leave – the new measure announced last night This will enable employers to obtain support to pay salaries of staff who would [...]
This advice note is designed to give guidance to UK employers as at 16 March 2020. Further updates will follow if the advice below changes significantly. The following links may be helpful: Public Health England advice for employers NHS advice on COVID-19 UK Government information and advice for employers Government advice on self-isolation Individuals [...]