Update on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the statutory sick pay regime
21 April 2020
There has been some further activity with regards to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the statutory sick pay regime, since our last update.
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Are you frustrated too?
20 April 2020
This article considers in a little depth what frustration actually means (in the legal sense), focusing on the concept of frustration as it applies to contracts into which we all enter, especially so at the moment.
Business (almost) as usual?
17 April 2020
A further three weeks of lockdown has just been announced by the Government. However, we are now growing accustomed to this new (hopefully temporary) world order but some significant adaptations have had to be made, not least so in the legal world.
Government staff retention scheme - the clock is ticking for employers
16 April 2020
Businesses are struggling to keep up with the government’s various updated versions of their guidance notes on the staff retention scheme, arranging staff agreements for them to be on furlough leave and eagerly anticipating the date for HMRC doors to open for financial claims to be submitted in respect of staff payments (likely to be Monday 20 April 2020).
Treasury direction on furlough scheme issued late 15 April 2020
16 April 2020
Many employers have faced significant frustrations in getting to grips with the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme (furlough scheme).