Employment Law Updates

Navigating your business through the COVID-19 crisis comes with a lot of challenges. Complying with the rules of the new Job Support Scheme and relevant employment law doesn’t need to be one of them. The latest government guidance on the new Job Support Scheme makes clear that Employers must agree the new short time working […]

The UK Government appear to be somewhat quicker off the mark with publishing details about the new Jobs Support Scheme announced earlier today by the Chancellor than they were when the CJRS was first introduced.  Two Government publications in particular provide further details; the Job Support Scheme Factsheet and the Winter Economy Plan. We’ve taken a […]

The Chancellor has today announced a further package of financial support measures intended to protect jobs and support businesses. Outlined below is a summary of the key new measures, but this is not the formal Government statement. Once the details have been revealed we shall provide further information. New Job Support Scheme Announced by the […]

Today’s announcement has left many Employers with non-essential offices wondering whether they now need to close. We outline their options and considerations.

As lockdown restrictions began to ease across the UK many employers started to consider reopening businesses and bringing staff back into workplaces, but with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases many are rethinking their position. While the UK government called for a coordinated approach to the lifting of lockdown measures, differences have emerged between the […]

In what many have described as a ‘bizarre’ decision, Glasgow City Council (GCC) has decided to defund a series of advice agencies in Glasgow at a time when demand for advice and support for issues relating to employment, debt, housing and poverty are likely to be at their highest. The planned cuts from Glasgow City […]

The purpose of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme was to ensure that employers retain and continue to pay staff during the lockdown, but as the impact of COVID continues to bite, are redundancies inevitable? Is Furlough just postponing the inevitable? Since April staff have been entitled to benefit from a paid period of leave, with […]

The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on the economy and it is inevitable that redundancies will be on the rise, but getting this wrong could prove costly for Employers. The Legal Definition of redundancy Redundancy is defined as circumstances where the termination of employment is attributable to the fact that the employer has […]