1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM Staff vaccine 'trackers': a legal and practical minefield By Alexandra Mizzi It has been reported that some employers are using software applications to track which of their employees have received the COVID-19...
10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM Job Support Scheme: enhanced financial support for COVID-hit businesses By Alexandra Mizzi UPDATED: The Job Support Scheme has been suspended as a result of the national lockdown in England (from 5 November) and extension of the...
10/1/2020 5:34:35 PM On the horizon.... By Alexandra Mizzi From 28 September 2020, employers are required to take steps to prevent any worker told to self-isolate from attending the workplace...
7/6/2020 4:45:01 PM The end of shielding By Alexandra Mizzi The Government has announced that from 6 July individuals deemed 'extremely clinically vulnerable' to coronavirus will no longer be...
6/17/2020 3:03:03 PM The coffers are calling – HMRC proposals to claw back furlough overpayments By Alexandra Mizzi The Government has published draft legislation that would enable HMRC to claw back payments made under, amongst others, the coronavirus...
5/26/2020 12:00:00 AM Getting retail workers back to work safely By Lydia Christie The Prime Minister's announcement on 25 May 2020 that retailers can re-open from 15 June 2020, if the Government's five tests are met and...
5/15/2020 11:17:58 AM Package worth £1.6 billion confirmed to protect TfL services By Sam Murray-Hinde The government's funding package for TfL consists of a mixture of grants and loans and includes looking to increase service levels as...
5/12/2020 12:00:00 AM CJRS extended until end October By Sam Murray-Hinde The Chancellor has just announced (on 12 May 2020) that the furlough scheme has been extended until the end of October. Workers will...
5/11/2020 12:00:00 AM Transition from lockdown: re-opening workplaces and preparing for redundancies By Alexandra Mizzi Re-opening workplaces The Prime Minister's announcement on 10 May 2020 that staff who can't work from home are now 'encouraged' to return...
5/4/2020 2:39:16 PM Post-lockdown workplace rules - clarity urgently needed By Alexandra Mizzi The BBC reports that it has seen a leaked draft Government outlining measures to enable workplaces to re-open post-lockdown. Infection...
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Post lockdown attitudes - will customers be too worried to go out? By Lydia Christie We are in the fifth week of the UK Government's COVID-19 lockdown period with more to come and with the Government's Coronavirus Job...
4/21/2020 7:45:11 PM Debenham's Judgment: use of the Job Retention Scheme by Administrators By Sam Murray-Hinde As we know, administrators can use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ('CJRS') if there's a 'reasonable likelihood of rehiring the...