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- Date:
- 22 October 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced an update to the Job Support Scheme (JSS), including for workers in England where tier 2 restrictions apply.
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- Date:
- 9 October 2020
Two-thirds of the wages of workers in businesses forced to close by local and national lockdowns will be covered by the Government under an expanded Job Support Scheme, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
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- Date:
- 5 October 2020
The government has published details of the one-off bonus that employers can claim if they keep previously furloughed employees on their books for three months after the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme closes on 31 October.
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- Date:
- 5 October 2020
Companies should have at least one BAME board member and set 'clear and stretching' targets for increasing racial and ethnic diversity in senior leadership, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and a group of major organisations have insisted.
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- Date:
- 2 October 2020
The Ministry of Justice has published its quarterly update on employment tribunal statistics revealing an 18% increase in single claims during lockdown.
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- Date:
- 30 September 2020
Employers in England face fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to prevent workers who should be self-isolating from going to the workplace.
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- Date:
- 29 September 2020
New guidance for employers that wish to recruit workers from abroad from next year has been published, but the long-awaited new immigration rules are still yet to be revealed in their entirety.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled his new Job Support Scheme, which will require employers to give staff a minimum of 33% of their usual hours, with the Government covering some of the wages for the remaining hours not worked.
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- Date:
- 22 September 2020
Boris Johnson has confirmed that people should work from home if they can in a statement to the House of Commons today. He also announced that retail and hospitality staff will be required to wear face masks among a series of tighter restrictions designed to curb rising coronavirus infection rates.
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- Date:
- 22 September 2020
Organisations will be required to regularly publish their modern slavery statements via a new government reporting service and must be transparent about how they conduct their risk assessments and due diligence.
