Social Media: Protect Yourself!

Social Media: Protect Yourself! Brexit, Covid, Megxit… millions of people share their views online every day. A quick lunchtime tweet on Twitter, sharing or liking a post on Facebook: most people think nothing of it. Yet one ‘in-the-moment’ comment could put your job...

COVID Update: Key Developments That May Affect You

COVID Update: Key Developments That May Affect You As you’ll no doubt have read in the press, the Government has made several key announcements on how it plans to address the rising number of Covid-19 cases and how it plans to mitigate the effect on jobs. 1. The Job...

Flexible Furlough

Flexible Furlough What’s Changing? The Government has announced that from 1st July, the furlough scheme is changing to a flexible scheme, where employers can bring furloughed staff back to work for any period of time, on any shift pattern, whilst still claiming a...

Covid-19 – Further Government Announcement

Covid-19 – Further Government Announcement The government has finally published detailed guidance of what it expects from employers in various work settings and 5 key actions it expects employers to implement as soon as practical:”1. Work from home, if you...

Covid-19 – Further Government Announcement

Covid-19 – Further Government Announcement The government has now published the more detailed brief referred to in the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday; the full document can be read here.   What is most noticeable about the government’s brief is that it...

Government Covid-19 Announcement Sunday 10th May

Government Covid-19 Announcement Sunday 10th May This evening the Prime Minister announced what he described as the Government’s plans for handling the “next phase” of the Covid-19 pandemic and a set of options for England. Key employment points of his announcement...