Coronavirus

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter setting out adjustments for clinically vulnerable employee to work safely

  Updated to reflect the Government's announcement that employees in England should work from home if they can.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter to move clinically vulnerable employee to alternative work

  Updated to reflect the Government's announcement that employees in England should work from home if they can.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter seeking employee's agreement to change their start and finish times

  Updated to reflect the Government's announcement that employees in England should work from home if they can.

• Date:

  21 September 2020

  Type:

  News

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

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

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Employment tribunal procedural rules relaxed to tackle claims backlog

  The employment tribunal rules of procedure are amended to address delays to claims being heard because of the increase in cases following the abolition of tribunal fees in 2017 and the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Date:

  18 September 2020

  Type:

  News

  More employment tribunals to go virtual in raft of changes

  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.

• Date:

  15 September 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Covid-19 and recession: Is redundancy the only option?

  With job losses never far from the headlines and the end of the furlough scheme looming, businesses are evaluating the future shape of their workforce. Adam Penman explains how HR should approach redundancy decisions and reflects on the alternatives.

• Date:

  11 September 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Redundancy - legal and practical complexities

  Max Winthrop, partner and head of the employment law team at Short, Richardson & Forth, navigates you through the common tricky issues when making redundancies.

• Date:

  8 September 2020

  Type:

  News

  Up to £3.6bn in furlough payments fradulent or erroneous

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter responding to employee's request to take annual leave where self-isolation would be required on their return to the UK

  A model HR letter to respond to an employee's request to take annual leave where the employee would be required to self-isolate after travelling overseas.