Psychiatric Injury in the Workplace, Claims and Covid-19
04 June 2020
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Furlough scheme changes – important dates and tapering of grant to 31 October 2020
01 June 2020
The Chancellor has now announced changes to the furlough scheme - with a tapering down of support from the end of July to 31 October 2020 when the scheme will close.
Test and Protect Scheme and Extension to Statutory Sick Pay
29 May 2020
The ‘Test and Protect’ scheme, Scotland’s approach to implementing the Covid-19 'test, trace, isolate, support' strategy went live on Thursday 28 May 2020.
Updated Treasury Direction issued on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
27 May 2020
On Friday 22 May 2020 the Chancellor issued an updated Treasury Direction which deals with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The updated Treasury Direction clarifies a number of matters including:
End of the furlough scheme – Redundancies on the horizon?
07 May 2020
The government’s furlough scheme (or coronavirus job retention scheme) has been very successful in avoiding a potential avalanche of redundancies over March-May 2020 as a result of the current lockdown. However, with the scheme likely to be wound down from July 2020 onwards, according to the chancellor, employers are having to consider other steps for dealing with a potentially long-term downturn in work.