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Acas: Redundancy-related enquiries surge 160%

Date:

5 August 2020

Conciliation service Acas has experienced a marked increase in calls to its helpline on the subject of redundancy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Furloughed employees must receive redundancy in full

Date:

30 July 2020

Furloughed employees will be entitled to redundancy pay based on their normal wages, not their furlough rate, from tomorrow (31 July).
Furlough funds can be used for contractual notice periods

Date:

20 July 2020

Funds claimed from the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be used to pay for notice periods that go above and beyond the statutory minimum.
MP's bid to protect women from unfair redundancy over first hurdle

Date:

10 July 2020

A new bill was reintroduced in parliament this week that aims to give pregnant women and new mothers added legal protections against redundancy.
Warnings issued over using furlough pay to calculate redundancy pay outs

Date:

2 June 2020

Employers could be unwittingly breaking the law by calculating redundancy payouts based on furlough pay, rather than an employees' full salary, employment law specialists have indicated.
Consider support before making redundancies, says Bank of England boss

Date:

19 March 2020

Organisations thinking of dismissing staff due to closure or a downturn in business because of the coronavirus should first consider the support the Government and financial institutions have offered them, the governor of the Bank of England has urged.

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