by admin | Jul 14, 2020 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
The time table and key dates for employers to comply with the job retention schemes announced by the government are set out below 1 JULY 2020 This was the start date of the new Flexible Furlough scheme – allowing furloughed employees to get back to work part time and...
by admin | Jun 1, 2020 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
Update: Furlough Scheme Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced reforms to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. We are awaiting updates to the Treasury Direction and the Employer’s Guidance – and the devil will always be in the detail – but these are...
by admin | May 20, 2020 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
Apologies for another bulletin this week You may remember when details of the furlough scheme were first published the government made it clear that employers could recover the first 14 days SSP for anyone off with covid related illness. There was no detail of the...
by admin | May 1, 2020 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
We don’t know when and we don’t know how lockdown restrictions will be eased but now is the time companies should begin to think about how the workplace will function when that time comes. It is clear that until a cure for COVID is found we will have to continue to...
by admin | Apr 19, 2020 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
Late Friday night the government issued 2 further documents to help employers to apply for furlough payments when the Portal Opens on April 20th The government have finally given some further guidance on how annual leave and holiday pay will work with furloughed...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
Another day another announcement from HM Treasury In the last few minutes on April 17th , HM Treasury has announced the coronavirus job retention scheme (the furlough scheme) has been extended from 31 May 2020 to the end of June. This is doubtless because large...
