The UK Government has relaxed the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR“) on carrying over untaken annual leave due to the effects of COVID-19. Under the Amendment Regulations, workers will now be able to carry over untaken annual leave into the next two leave years where they have been unable to take it due
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UK Coronavirus Furlough Scheme Update: Obviously Five
In the fifth round of updates from GOV.UK to the UK Furlough Scheme, both the Employee Guidance Note, “Check if your Employer can use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme”, and the Employer Guidance Note, “Check if you can claim for your Employees’ wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme”, were updated…
HMRC Releases First Report on the Operation of the UK Furlough Scheme
This morning we have had the first report from HMRC on the operation of the Furlough Scheme. It is in the form of a tweet. It reports that 185,000 claims have been submitted covering 1,300,000 employees. So a lot of employees are benefitting from the Scheme. A lot of employers are, also doubtless, making…
Still More UK Coronavirus Furlough Scheme Updates
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Coronavirus – UK Furlough Scheme Update
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UK Coronavirus Furlough Scheme Update Issued on 9 April 2020
COVID-19: Additional clarification on UK Government updates to Furlough Guidance
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Nicholas Robertson continues editorship of The Labour and Employment Disputes Review: Edition 3
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COVID-19: UK Government updates Furlough Guidance
On 4th April 2020 the UK Government provided an update to its previous guidance on the Furlough Scheme. This update builds on our previous article reviewing the original guidance on the Scheme, identifies key areas that have now shifted, and considers some of the issues which have not been addressed.
Read the full update on
COVID-19: Government support for self-employed in the United Kingdom
This update looks at the help offered to some self-employed individuals by the Self-employment Income Support Scheme. Details of this Scheme were published on 26 March 2020. It will be of direct interest to those self-employed individuals who may be able to claim under it. However, we think that some employers who make use of…