HR magazine speaks to Simon Kerr-Davis, employment counsel at Linklaters about the legal implications of workers returning from furlough in part three of this month's cover story.
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated the shift towards more flexible working practices across the economy.
Employers have been warned that the deadline for EU workers to have made their UK visa applications is fast approaching.
As lockdown is winding down and the economy is restarting, employers should be on the lookout for unlawful employee competition activity.
?On 9 July 2020, the government announced that it intends to amend the legislation concerning the disclosure of certain types of criminal records.
The government's furlough scheme saw billions handed out, staving off the need for redundancies.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) may have been extended until the end of October but it is still only temporary, and employers should be planning their furlough exit strategies now.
Companies need to be careful not to make mistakes when submitting furlough claims to HMRC, law firm Wright Hassall has warned.
As the country begins – slowly – to ease itself back towards normality and think about life after lockdown, we can all agree that we are feeling more unified, and closer to our fellow people than...
The UK government has issued new guidance on how and when employees should return to work.
Employers across the economy are contending with workforce and operational challenges at a scale unknown in our lifetime.
The Government’s framework to tackle tax avoidance by those in ‘off-payroll’ working has not worked properly in its 20-year history.