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With the national covid-19 restrictions coming to end on 2nd December 2020, the UK Government have published their amended Covid Winter Plan; this sets out what steps are to be taken to bring some normality to life by Spring 2021.
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Before embarking on a redundancy process and dismissal; companies must ensure they have exhausted all avenues including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which has been extended to 31st March 2021.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has started carrying out random spot checks and inspections on all types of businesses to check if they are COVID compliant.
Read moreThe Government has announced that all UK employers will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for those employees that would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis.
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If your business has identified that staff cannot work from home, then employers need to make that they have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment to enable the workplace to be reasonably COVID safe.
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UK ceased being a member of the European Union earlier this year and we are now in the transitional period. The transition period runs until the end of 2020; however due to Covid 19 there has been little publicity about what changes will take place until now.
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This week (Monday 16th – Friday 20th November) marks Anti Bullying week. Whether in school or at work, our society has no place for Bullying.
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Where an interaction between 2 people has taken place through a perspex (or equivalent) screen, this would not be considered enough contact, if there has been no other contact such as any of those indicated above.
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Recently the media has highlighted that we are now in the midst of a covid pandemic and that that all people have a responsibility to adhere to the Public Health of England rules, including self-isolation if the employee is at high risk of having covid 19 symptoms.
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Earlier today the government announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended until 31st March 2021. A new policy paper outlining the extension has been issued; further details will be published on 10th November 2020.
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Statutory maternity pay (SMP) is paid as normal wages for up to 39 weeks of the 52 week maternity leave period at 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings (before tax) for the first 6 weeks and then at statutory rate of £151.20 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the…
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This year, race for life was held last month to raise awareness about cancer and to bring in vital funds to continue to research more about this deadly disease.
Read moreCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is to end 31st October 2020 and in recognising the ongoing impact Covid -19 is having on businesses, the Government announced the launch of the Job Support Scheme (JSS) to take affect from 1st November 2020 which is to last for 6 months.
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ACAS early conciliation ("EC") has been in place since 6th April 2014 and became compulsory on or after 6th May 2014.
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October is World Menopause month. With almost 4 million working women over the age of 50, it is beneficial for the employer to understand the condition and effects that it will have within the workplace.
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Where an employer makes payments to employees under the terms of their employment contract, such payments are subject to income tax under s.62 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
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The Job Support Scheme (JSS) is to come into effect on 1st November for a period of 6 months following the end of the furlough scheme on 31st October 2020 and it is the Government’s attempt to protect jobs and avoid redundancies.
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The government has launched a new job support scheme (JSS) in an attempt to keep staff employed and to avoid mass redundancies.
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During the present Covid 19 crisis employers must take special care when handling sensitive personal data about an employee’s health issues. This will apply to data collected about an employee’s ethnicity and race, sexual orientation, political views and union membership.
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Many employers will be anxious about the ending of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on the 31 October 2020. To help employers the government will be introducing a new Job Retention Bonus.
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