Employment Law Updates

The confusion and concern created by Paragraph 2.2 of the third iteration of the Treasury direction, which stated that a claim should only be made where the payment will be used to continue employment, has hopefully been alleviated by HMRC after this morning’s update to the guidance. Background We recently highlighted that the third Treasury direction appeared to […]

Although the CJRS has now been extended to 31 October 2020, the government has made it clear that it will expect employers to make a financial contribution towards furloughed employees’ furlough pay from 1 August 2020. Furloughing employees beyond that date will therefore come at a cost to employers and many are considering whether they can afford to retain […]

The Chancellor has produced a third iteration of the Treasury Direction in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and this was published on Friday 26 June 2020. The new Direction sets out the rules that will apply under the amended CJRS from 1 July 2020, which allows for ‘flexible furlough’ arrangements, until 31 October 2020, […]

On Friday night HMRC released details of the flexible furlough scheme.  The most significant change is that the minimum three-week period for furlough has been removed (as of 1 July 2020).  There is no minimum period, although any claim through the CJRS portal must be in respect of a minimum one-week period (i.e. employers can only put […]

The Chancellor has announced that parents on statutory maternity and paternity leave who return to work will be eligible for furlough scheme even after 10 June cut-off date. We confirmed yesterday that Employers who had not already furloughed a member of staff who they may want to furlough in the future had until yesterday (10 […]

Employers have until today to furlough any member of staff who hasn’t already been furloughed. Employers who have not already furloughed a member of staff who they may want to furlough in the future have until today, Wednesday 10 June 2020, to do so in order for the current three week furlough period to be […]

Yesterday (29‌‌ May) the Chancellor announced more details about the extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the key details being as follows: Flexible furloughing From 1‌‌ July 2020, Employers have the flexibility to bring previously furloughed employees back to work part-time – with the government continuing to pay 80% of wages for any of […]

With lockdown measures already relaxed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Scotland due to announce its plan to come out of lockdown on Thursday 21 May 2020, many Employers are starting to plan for ending furlough, but what steps do Employers need to take? What Employers Need to Know Before ending furlough Employers will […]