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- Date:
- 12 August 2020
- Type:
- News
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.
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- Date:
- 10 August 2020
- Type:
- News
People from ethnic minorities in the UK have been hit disproportionately by job losses and reduced hours during the Covid-19 crisis.
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- Date:
- 10 August 2020
- Type:
- News
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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- Date:
- 7 August 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
A more coordinated approach across Europe over what track and trace measures employers can use would allow businesses to return employees to work more safely and avoid the risks of a legal minefield, a leading law firm is arguing.
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- Date:
- 6 August 2020
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
In this webinar, we review the key trends in the UK economy and cover pay awards, inflation rates and other important factors.
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- Date:
- 6 August 2020
- Type:
- News
Office workers in the UK have been comparatively slow to return to their desks in relation to employees in Europe, now lockdown has eased.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to reflect that the calculation of a week's pay for paid time off for furloughed employees to look for work or to make arrangements for training is based on their normal pay rather than furlough pay.
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- Date:
- 5 August 2020
- Type:
- News
The number of reports of furlough fraud made to HM Revenue and Customs rose by more than half between the end of June and 22 July, official figures have revealed.
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- Date:
- 5 August 2020
- Type:
- News
Conciliation service Acas has experienced a marked increase in calls to its helpline on the subject of redundancy during the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Date:
- 4 August 2020
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
David Whincup, partner and head of employment at the London office of law firm Squire Patton Boggs, discusses the key elements of a whistleblowing complaint, and shares his tips on how to deal effectively with protected disclosures in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
