Employers will be asked to pay National Insurance and employer pension contributions for furloughed workers from August, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.

We shine a light on the effort businesses have made, big and small, to support their staff and the community during the coronavirus pandemic

Line manager coaching is a top priority for HR professionals when considering the future of the profession, according to the CIPD’s annual People Profession Survey

The vast majority (90%) of employers agree that financial worries have a negative impact on an employee’s mental health, a survey by fintech company Smarterly has found.

?The COVID-19 government briefing on Sunday 10 May saw employees unable to work from home, encouraged to return as of Monday 11 May.

UK employers are planning to bring between 30% and 80% of their staff back to the workplace in the first phase out of lockdown, equalling 24.4 million employees?.

?Employers should not force workers to return to work unless they have put measures in place to reduce the risk of infection in the workplace, legal experts say

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) is to be extended by four months to the end of October 2020

Remote working is not a new phenomenon. But as the coronavirus health crisis spreads rapidly across the globe, it has suddenly become the exclusive mode of working for much of the world.

Most UK firms are ready to restart operations within three weeks but are currently without government guidance on how to do so safely.

Employees who cannot work are being encouraged to return to their workplaces as of today.

The impact of COVID-19 has reached almost all aspects of normal everyday life. One of the first areas to become affected was global mobility.