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Employers face £10k fine for failing to enforce self-isolation

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.

"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.

Take-up of shared parental leave still "exceptionally low"

Date:: 7 September 2020

Although the use of shared parental leave increased by 23 percentage points last year, only 13,100 couples applied to use the scheme last year.

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.

More support for carers needed to keep staff in work

Date:: 11 August 2020

Research by Carers UK has shown that employers are seeing the health, wellbeing and productivity of their workforces adversely impacted by a shortage of support from social care services.

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.

Global mobility will return to 'business as usual' for many employers

Date:: 17 June 2020

Almost half of employers plan a return to 'business as usual' when it comes to global mobility, according to a survey by consulting firm PwC.

Employees on maternity leave can still access furlough after deadline

Date:: 10 June 2020

Parents who are on statutory maternity and paternity leave and due to return to work in the next few months will still be eligible for the furlough scheme after it otherwise closes to new entrants today.

Statutory sick pay rebate scheme launched

Date:: 26 May 2020

Employers are now able to recover any coronavirus-related statutory sick pay (SSP), with HM Revenue & Customs accepting applications from today.

Working from home proves real bonus for City employees

Date:: 26 May 2020

More than three-quarters of City of London financial services workers feel they are at least as productive working from home during the lockdown as they were in the office with the lack of commuting commonly cited as a key reason.

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