Furlough FFS

You may have read some alarmist headlines suggesting that employers cannot issue notice to people on furlough or that they might have to pay furlough monies back. It is true that if employers have wrongfully claimed from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme that they...

Pregnancy and Coronavirus

Maternity Action, a charity, is supporting the first pregnant worker who issued a claim against NHS Professionals (an employment agency) because they refused to furlough her, requiring her to work in what she felt were unsafe conditions (risk of Covid-19).  ...

Furlough – Further Updates

We have prepared two further updates discussing various changes with regards to Furloughing this week, please follow the links to view the updates: Furlough Update: 9 April 2020, discussing the guidance for employers on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

Furlough FAQs – Further Update

I know I said I wasn’t going to publish any more Furlough FAQs but I couldn’t resist.   HMRC  have updated the information for employers and answered some of the things we were worrying about so I want to deal with those things:-...