by Anna Denton | Jul 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, Furlough
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...
by Anna Denton | May 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pregnancy
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). ...
by Anna Denton | May 26, 2020 | Coronavirus, Dismissal, Health and Safety
For the purposes of this Blog, the relevant legislation is Section 100 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) and specifically sub-sections d) and e). It’s worth setting out to begin with what those sections actually say: (1) – an employee who is dismissed...
by Anna Denton | May 14, 2020 | Coronavirus, Disciplinary procedure, Furlough
ACAS has published guidance on the conduct of disciplinary and grievance procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic which emphasises that normal employment law principles and the normal ACAS guidance in their Code of Practice, continue to apply. This means that an...
by Anna Denton | Apr 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, Furlough
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...
by Anna Denton | Apr 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Furlough
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:-...