Category: Employment
Sep 2020
Latest government Covid measures re-introduce work from home message
Covid continues to climb
As Covid-19 cases continue to climb, the UK faces ever tougher restrictions. But, with the furlough scheme winding down, what rights do employers and employees have when returning to work?
Sep 2020
What could the UK jobs market look like after the furlough scheme comes to an end?
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), was launched by the Government in March to protect people's jobs and help keep businesses steady. As the scheme is due to come to an end in October, what will that mean for the jobs market in the UK and the wider economy?
Mar 2020
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – More Questions Than Answers
On Friday 20 March 2020, the government announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help stem the tide of employees being laid off without pay or made redundant in the current crisis.
Mar 2020
Government support for businesses during COVID-19
The sudden medical epidemic of the coronavirus has caused businesses to face sudden financial difficulties due to the significant reduction in customers and revenue. The government has put in the place the following measures to try to help businesses through this challenging time.
Mar 2020
Coronavirus Update - Government announcement to pay wages
On Friday 20 March Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced it would pay 80% of salaries for staff who are kept on by their employer.
Mar 2020
Online isolation notes launched - Coronavirus
Isolation notes will provide employees with evidence for their employers that they have been advised to self-isolate due to coronavirus, either because they have symptoms or they live with someone who has symptoms, and so cannot work.
Mar 2020
COVID-19/Coronavirus – Helpful information for Employers
Advice regarding Coronavirus and the response by Government and other agencies to it will be regularly updated. Rather than recycle their information, we have signposted the important links below and we provide some general best practice advice for employers.
Feb 2020
Barclays backtracks in privacy row over worker surveillance project
Barclays Bank has withdrawn a system that monitored employees’ computers, tracking individual working patterns and how much time each day was spent on breaks. Details of the pilot project came to light after a Barclays whistle blower reported it to a newspaper.
Feb 2020
New contract terms affecting all new employees and workers to come into force on April 6 2020
From 6 April 2020 there will be changes to the minimum written terms that must be provided to employees AND the timing of when these terms must be provided to them. These terms are known as Section 1 statements, referring to Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA).
Feb 2020
The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Regulations set to come into force on 6 April 2020
Downs Solicitors is pleased to play a small part in helping to raise awareness of a new and important piece of employment law that is coming into force in April 2020. The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Regulations will be known as Jack’s Law. This is in memory of Jack Herd who died in 2010 and whose mother, Lucy, has campaigned tirelessly ever since for mandatory leave for grieving parents.
