Employers who still have employees on furlough need to be aware that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme changes again from 1 September and in particular the costs that employers have to pay to access the scheme will increase. The changes…
Matt Jenkin, Moorcrofts Employment Partner will be delivering a presentation, entitled: ‘Employment Law – The F Word’ as part of Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing’s first Employment Webinar on Thursday 10 September. The webinar will be looking at UK employment…
The end of July and start of August, has seen some important changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which has seen many employees being furloughed. These changes are: 1. Government has introduced changes to legislation effective from 31 July…
Corporate Law Firm, Moorcrofts is launching its own legal podcast – Moorcrofts Means Business, which will see its partners and highly regarded lawyers, as well as a range of industry leaders discuss legal topics to help companies run their businesses…
The introduction of the furlough scheme brought uncertainty for employers who had granted employee management incentive (EMI) options to their employees. An EMI option is a type of employee share scheme that enjoys favourable tax treatment. These schemes are often…
As part of the Governments recently announced “A Plan for Jobs“, which sets out its proposals to combat job losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a Job Retention Bonus is being introduced as an attempt to try and avoid the…
The Government, has announced further changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) which confirms the introduction of flexible furloughing and also the increased costs to employers if they are furloughing employees from 1 August onwards: Changes to the Coronavirus…
The Chancellor announced on 29 May the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This will of course have an impact for those employers who have furloughed employees under the Scheme. The Government has produced a factsheet outlining the changes with…
The Government is launching on 26 May 2020 its new online service, which will allow employers with less than 250 employees to recover some of the costs of paying Coronavirus related Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate…
The issue of holiday and employees furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was one of the more tricky issues that the CJRS threw up. The initial uncertainty wasn’t helped that the first few reiterations of the CJRS…
The Chancellor has just announced the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme which will of course have an impact for furloughed employees. Under the Scheme, employers who have properly furloughed employees, can recover from HMRC the lower of 80%…
On the back of the Government’s announcement on Sunday and the first tentative steps to ease the lockdown during the current Coronavirus pandemic, the Government has also published its guidance on the steps employers need to take to ensure that…