Can staff be forced to have a Covid vaccination? This not my work but something I read from an employment lawyer. I believe it lays out the current issues around this matter very well. This is a moving story and may become clearer as more people are in line for the...
The number of covid related tribunals is rising. People are claiming unfair dismissal because of covid related redundancy, discrimination or that they were dismissed because of whistleblowing. Yes, there are long delays in the system but you cannot ignore the claim...
New government statutory rates from April 2021 The government has published the weekly rates that will apply from April 2021 to statutory maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption, and bereavement pay as well as statutory sick pay (SSP) which are as follows:...
The government has recently announced 2 schemes to ‘soften ‘ the cliff edge which follows the end of the furlough scheme at the end of October. Both initiatives are an attempt to retain jobs Neither scheme is as generous as the furlough and they are not suitable for...
I realise this might all change again as the week or even the day progresses but I just thought I would update you on the employer implications of the edict issued on September 27th and what the employers responsibilities are should an employee test positive and...
“Since the lunchtime yesterday announcement more detail has been made available to support the statement made by the Chancellor. Shown below is the information currently available no doubt there will be some tweaks to the system and updated guidance before the...