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Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud

Date:: 9 April 2020

Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, it has been signalled.

Emergency Volunteer Leave: What HR needs to know

Date:: 9 April 2020

Announced in the Coronavirus Bill last month, the Government intends to introduce a temporary right to statutory emergency volunteering leave to enable workers, employees and agency staff to take unpaid leave to volunteer in health and social care.

Furlough: employers may re-employ staff who left after 28 February

Date:: 7 April 2020

Employers can re-employ people who were made redundant or left their organisations after 28 February 2020 and make a claim for their wages, the government has clarified in its updated furlough scheme guidance.

'Emergency brake' on minimum wage rises may be needed

Date:: 3 April 2020

As the national living wage rate increases by more than 6%, the economic uncertainty posed by the coronavirus means the government could be forced to abandon its pledge to ensure the lowest-paid workers earn 60% of UK median earnings by 2024.

Home Office warns of delay in EU settlement scheme decisions

Date:: 3 April 2020

EU citizens applying to remain in the UK following Brexit have been warned their application may take longer to be processed.

Frontline health workers granted visa extension

Date:: 1 April 2020

Home secretary Priti Patel has announced that frontline NHS workers whose visas are due to expire before 1 October will be granted free automatic extensions to allow them to remain in the country and support the coronavirus effort.

Coronavirus: Home Office speeds up right to work checks

Date:: 31 March 2020

The Government has adjusted the way right to work checks can be conducted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Workers will be able to carry over annual leave for two years

Date:: 30 March 2020

Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement this year due to the coronavirus will be able to carry it over into the next two leave years, the Government has announced.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to be running by end of April

Date:: 30 March 2020

The Government has revealed further detail about its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, also known as the Furlough Scheme, and it is expected to be up and running by 30 April 2020.

Met Police asks retired officers to return

Date:: 30 March 2020

The Metropolitan Police Service is calling on retired officers to return to duty and urging those nearing retirement to stay on.

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