Employee Advice
Where shielding employees can work from home, they should. Where they can’t, government advice is that they should not attend work. Employees who are shielding can be furloughed to mitigate the financial impact on them of having to shield (subject to meeting the qualifying rules of the furlough scheme). Under the furlough rules, employers are [...]
As lockdown eases and thousands of people make their way back to work and with millions being furloughed, the Office for National Statistics have confirmed that the number of people claiming benefits has increased by 69% in 3 months to 2.1 million. Today’s figures show that unemployment has risen by 50,000 to 1.35 Million in [...]
The government has issued guidance to employers on employees’ holiday rights - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/holiday-entitlement-and-pay-during-coronavirus-covid-19#taking-holiday. In summary: The guidance only applies to the statutory 5.6 weeks of holiday – rights in relation to holiday beyond this amount are a contractual matter between employers and employees. Employees do accrue holiday whilst on furlough. Employers can require employees to [...]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to unveil changes to the Government's furlough scheme sometime today. The scheme is currently subsidising 80% of wages for workers temporarily furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic up to a maximum of £2,500.00. There have been suggestions that the level of wages subsidised will be cut to 60% or less. [...]
If you have any employment law query arising out of Covid-19, then Free Friday is back tomorrow, 1st May 2020. Call 01780 757589 and speak to Emma who will make a free appointment with one of our Solicitors. Appointments can be by phone, Skype, Teams or Zoom.
If you have any employment law query arising out of Covid-19, then Free Friday is back tomorrow, 24 April 2020. Call 01780 757589 and speak to Emma who will make a free appointment with one of our Solicitors. Appointments can be by phone, Skype, Teams or Zoom.
Further to this update, the goal posts have moved again. In the latest gov.uk guidance (there have now been 6 updates since the guidance was first published on 26 March 2020) there is a clear statement that although a written record of furloughing is required, as long as furloughing is done in a way that [...]
This Portal allows companies to reclaim staff salaries (80% of wages of furloughed staff up to a cap of £2,500.00). It will not come as a surprise to most that there have been some teething problems reported! The problems reported are said to include: The website crashing for some people. The online calculator producing the [...]
free telephone advice appointments on Friday 17 April 2020 for employers or employees affected by Covid19, call Emma Roberts on 01780 757589 to book an appointment with one of our Solicitors.
Q & A Employer Questions How long will the Job Retention Scheme be available for? At present, the Government have indicated it will last for 3 months from March 1st to the end of May 2020 Can employees be brought into the scheme who are already on sick leave or receiving SSP/CSP due to self-isolation? [...]
PJH Law has been helping employers through this difficult period. Here are some key terms that explain the different options. Key Terms: Short time is less than half a week’s work and pay in any one week for the purposes of redundancy pay under section 147, but any one workless day in any week for [...]
Maybe the last thing you want to read right now but we thought it would be helpful: https://medium.com/@philhylandwriter/consultation-in-the-age-of-corona-virus-674dc045c758
The Act introduces a wide range of measures. Tucked away in section 8 and schedule 7 of the Act (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/pdfs/ukpga_20200007_en.pdf - see page 96), is a new right for workers (note workers – not only employees) to take Emergency Volunteering Leave. The provisions only apply to employers with a headcount of 10 or more. The [...]
Like most of you we had to reach for the dictionary. It appears to be a term used more in the US than the UK. Whilst we await details from HMRC of the 80% subsidy for furloughed employees, over and above those already announced, PJH Law’s understanding is as follows: Employers identify which employees are [...]
