Editor's message: As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues, key issues for HR professionals include:
For employers that need to keep workers on furlough, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended to run until the end of October. However, the scheme rules allow for "flexible furlough", whereby furloughed workers can return to work on reduced hours, from 1 July.
Now more than ever, HR professionals need to be adaptable and base their actions on the latest government advice, existing health and safety at work obligations, operational needs and financial realities, ongoing risk assessments, and how any safeguards put in place are working in practice.
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Stephen Simpson, principal employment law editor
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