£6.46 billion holiday pay from the furlough scheme
The following is an article I wrote in June 2020 and which was posted on the magazine site hectordrummond.com which
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Covid-19 is not a ‘serious and imminent danger’. Risk assessments might be.
There are two separate species of claim which employers and HR professional may feel particularly threatened by: Covid-19 personal injury
Read moreFlexible furlough update published
On 12 June the government updated its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance. The scheme will close on 31 October 2020.
Read moreMaking the most of annual leave under furlough
The government guidance confirms that employees can be required to take annual leave while furloughed. There are no explicit restrictions
Read moreEmployees can refuse to take track and trace sick leave #trackandtrace
Matt Hancock’s assertion of civic duty has no bearing on the centuries old legal bargain: the employee presents as ready
Read moreTrack and Trace – what the hell?
Just in case you thought it might soon be over, track and trace is there, like Freddy Kruger, waiting to
Read moreunlimited serious and imminent ET claims about to hit most employers
How will you respond, whether as employer or employee, to any of these situations in the workplace? masks aren’t sufficient
Read moreRequiring holidays to be taken by non-furloughed workers
Employers need to establish a “good reason” for requiring annual leave to be taken by anyone during the current lockdown
Read moreBank holidays don’t break furlough
HMRC Customer Support has tweeted that it possible to take bank holidays as annual leave when on furlough provided they
Read moreWales goes it alone – distancing
Employers in Wales will be aware, from news reports at least, that Ministers in the Welsh Government have decided to
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