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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.

Leave to remain extended to families of deceased care workers

Date:: 21 May 2020

The government has stated that non-EEA family members of any NHS, healthcare or social care worker who has died as a result of coronavirus, will receive immediate indefinite leave to remain, free of charge.

BEIS clarifies furlough holiday rules for staff and temps

Date:: 14 May 2020

Employers can require workers to take holiday and cancel workers' holiday, provided enough notice is given, and furloughed workers continue to accrue statutory holiday entitlements, it has been confirmed in newly published government guidance.

ICO guidance on workplace coronavirus testing published

Date:: 13 May 2020

The Information Commissioner's Office has published guidance on how employers should handle data if they decide to test employees for Covid-19.

Wait over for detailed workplace guidance

Date:: 11 May 2020

The government has now published its initial roadmap on how the UK will be able to emerge from coronavirus lockdown.

Acas publishes coronavirus disciplinary and grievance guidance

Date:: 6 May 2020

Employers need to consider whether it is fair or reasonable to conduct a disciplinary or grievance procedure while staff are working from home, following social distancing guidelines at work, or are on furlough.

Reduced hours for furloughed staff would aid recovery

Date:: 29 April 2020

Employers want more flexibility built into the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - including an extension until at least September and the ability for employees to work reduced hours.

Furlough: parental pay to be calculated on usual earnings

Date:: 28 April 2020

Furloughed workers taking parental or adoption leave will receive parental or adoption pay based on their usual earnings, not the lower rate they receive while on furlough.

Four in 10 dads can't afford shared parental leave

Date:: 22 April 2020

Five years after its introduction, the number of fathers claiming shared parental leave has increased by over two-thirds since 2015/16, but four in 10 dads still cannot afford to share leave with their partner.

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