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• Coronavirus: resource round-up

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Our resources give guidance to employers on legal compliance and practical measures that they can take in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. We cover time off, sick pay, redundancies, lay-offs, short-time working, furlough leave under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, health and safety and contingency planning, as well as measures taken by governments abroad that will affect global employers.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Temporary changes to workplace policies and procedures

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  Policies and documents

  Updated with additional information on furloughing employees as an alternative to redundancy, following the publication of more details about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 26 March 2020.

• Workforce planning

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Guidance on workforce planning, including practical advice on each step of the process as well as suggested approaches for dealing with the uncertainty organisations face in planning, and the need for workforce flexibility.

• Letter to school confirming key worker status for coronavirus response

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to confirm to a school or other childcare provider that a worker falls within the definition of a key worker for the purposes of education provision under the Government's coronavirus (COVID-19) response.

• Letter postponing a new recruit's start date because of the coronavirus outbreak

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  Policies and documents

  We provide a model letter to a new recruit delaying their start date because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. We also have a model letter withdrawing a new recruit's job offer.

• Gender pay gap reporting

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  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on the Government's announcement that it has suspended enforcement of the gender pay gap reporting deadlines due to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Gender pay gap reporting enforcement suspended this year

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  News

  Enforcement of the gender pay gap reporting requirements has been suspended this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Government Equalities Office and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have announced.

• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Letter withdrawing a redundancy notice

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  Policies and documents

  We provide a model letter asking an employee to agree to the withdrawal of a notice of redundancy because of the increased financial support for employers through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. We also have a model letter reassuring an employee who has been placed at risk of redundancy that their job is safe for now.

• Which employees are allowed to travel to work during the period of "lockdown" to control the coronavirus outbreak?

  Type:

  FAQs

  A new FAQ looks at the Prime Minister's announcement on 23 March 2020 requiring people to stay at home.

• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Letter explaining your organisation's plans to "furlough" staff

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to set out your organisation's plans to "furlough" staff as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and pay them through funds from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

• Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: School closures and the Job Retention Scheme

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  Podcasts and webinars

  Catriona Aldridge, senior associate at law firm CMS, outlines the latest measures introduced to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, including school closures and the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and what these mean for employers.

• Letter providing guidance for staff on coronavirus (COVID-19)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that individuals with a serious underlying health condition are being sent an NHS letter advising them to "self-shield" for 12 weeks.

• What is the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme?

  Type:

  FAQs

  A new FAQ looks at the scheme announced on 20 March 2020 to provide an alternative to redundancies and unpaid periods of lay-off during the coronavirus crisis.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Potential absence and attendance scenarios and how to deal with them

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  We set out some possible scenarios related to absence and attendance that HR professionals may face during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, and explain how they could tackle them. Additional scenarios (added on 19 March) now cover an employee being unable to work because their child's school has closed or an elderly relative has fallen ill, and an employee due to return to work being stranded abroad.

• How to consider alternatives to redundancy during the coronavirus crisis

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on measures that some employers may be able to take to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and avoid redundancies; including reducing hours, implementing lay-offs and options for making longer-term efficiencies.