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"Work from home if you can" - government tightens restrictions

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.

Average wait time for tribunal stands at nine months, claim lawyers

Date:: 21 September 2020

Employment tribunals are at a "tipping point" a leading employment lawyer has warned.

More employment tribunals to go virtual in raft of changes

Date:: 18 September 2020

The government is relaxing the rules around employment tribunals to allow more hearings to be held online in an effort to deal with the rise in cases following the abolition of tribunal fees and to help manage the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Up to £3.6bn in furlough payments fradulent or erroneous

Date:: 8 September 2020

As much as £3.6bn in furlough payments could have been claimed erroneously or fraudulently, according to HM Revenue & Customs.

Low paid workers will receive £13 per day to self-isolate

Date:: 27 August 2020

Workers on low incomes in parts of England with high rates of COVID-19 will be able to claim £13 per day if they have to self-isolate and are unable to work from home.

One in eight remain on furlough, says ONS

Date:: 21 August 2020

One in eight workers remains on furlough, according to the latest fortnightly figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Firms that may have made furlough claim mistakes contacted by HMRC

Date:: 20 August 2020

HM Revenue & Customs has begun writing to employers it believes may have claimed too much money through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme based on the information it holds about them.

Ensure women do not lose out on maternity pay, say Labour

Date:: 12 August 2020

The Labour party has called for the government to take urgent action to ensure that those who have been pregnant during the pandemic do not have their maternity pay wrongly docked.

Covid-19 job losses disproportionately hit ethnic minorities

Date:: 10 August 2020

People from ethnic minorities in the UK have been hit disproportionately by job losses and reduced hours during the Covid-19 crisis.

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.

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