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Covid-19 job losses disproportionately hit ethnic minorities

Date:: 10 August 2020

Number of over-50s out of work almost doubles

Date:: 10 August 2020

Support for over-50s to retrain or gain a new qualification is needed to reduce long-term unemployment, a report has said, as it reveals the number of older workers who have fallen out of work has nearly doubled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK lags behind Europe on returning to office

Date:: 6 August 2020

Office workers in the UK have been comparatively slow to return to their desks in relation to employees in Europe, now lockdown has eased.

Furlough fraud soars as job retention bonus details released

Date:: 5 August 2020

The number of reports of furlough fraud made to HM Revenue and Customs rose by more than half between the end of June and 22 July, official figures have revealed.

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.

Furlough costs reach £32bn

Date:: 30 July 2020

The value of claims paid from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has reached £31.7bn, according to the latest data from HM Revenue and Customs.

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 scheme "has been adapted as far as possible"

Date:: 23 July 2020

The schemes designed to safeguard jobs and income for those unable to work during the coronavirus crisis have been adapted "as far as possible" and were "the right policies for the first phase of the crisis", chancellor Rishi Sunak has said in response to a report that criticised the gaps in support.

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.

'Absolutely no reason' to change home working advice

Date:: 17 July 2020

Home working is still a 'perfectly good option' for reducing the spread of Covid-19 and there is 'absolutely no reason' to change that advice, the UK's chief scientific adviser has told MPs.

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