Last Friday, regulations were brought into force with immediate effect to relax the restriction on carrying over untaken annual leave into the next year leave where leave has not been taken because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week, Chancellor Rishi Shunak announced a financial support regime which would allow eligible employers to reclaim up to £2,500 per month for staff who would otherwise have been laid off or made redundant due to the economic effects of COVID-19.
We are dealing with a public health emergency and require to pull together to assist each other, the government and frontline services to overcome the pandemic.
As we all enter uncharted times both professionally and privately, there is bound to be, it would seem, a sea change in working practices and expectations post Covid-19.