Employment law changes April 2020
April 2020 Employment law Changes Changes to written statements of employment particulars There are three important changes to written statements, which will apply from April 6th 2020: All workers employed on…
Redundancy versus Furlough… which one will you do?
It’s true to say that you may NOT want to furlough your staff because your business has changed dramatically and certain roles may no longer exist in the new business…
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
On Friday 20th March, the government announced a job retention scheme, to avoid job losses and/or redundancies. The details currently are very high level and therefore we need to approach…
Tribunal claims to be conducted by phone
The Presidents of the Employment Tribunals in England & Wales and in Scotland have announced that from Monday 23 March 2020 all in-person hearings (hearings where the parties are expected…
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) during COVID-19
If an employee is self-isolating to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus disease, in accordance with guidance published by Public Health England, NHS National Services Scotland or Public Health Wales,…