COVID-19 Update #102: Furloughed workers to receive redundancy pay protection
The Government has closed a loophole which allowed employers to make furloughed staff redundant on reduced pay under the furlough scheme. The new law kicked in on 31 July 2020 to ensure furloughed workers who are made redundant receive redundancy pay based on their... read more COVID-19 Update #95: Updates to the CJRS from September
Many of the government’s Coronavirus support schemes are still up and running, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Please be aware however that from 1 September 2020, there will be a number of changes to the CJRS including: From 1 September, the... read more COVID-19 Update #92: MPs say employees who opted-out of their workplace pension should be able to re-enrol early
A government committee has said that employees who opted out of their workplace pension due to COVID-19 should be encouraged back into saving sooner than auto-enrolment rules would usually allow. Under the current rules, employees aged between 22 and state pension age... read more COVID-19 Update #91: HMRC publishes new information about the job retention bonus
In a bid to encourage employers to hang on to staff once the furlough scheme ends, the government has introduced a job retention bonus. This will enable employers to claim a one-off payment of £1,000 for every employee they’ve previously received a grant for under the... read more