Across the news, we have seen that around 8 million jobs have been furloughed as a part of the government’s job retention scheme. If done correctly, this means that a significant number of workers would have had to agree to accept a change to their contract of employment in relation to the level of wages … Read more
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate lives and economies the world over, UK businesses face unprecedented levels of economic uncertainty and instability. It is therefore essential that businesses consider whether their workforce is the right shape and size to weather the storm. However unpleasant, many UK businesses are likely to decide that a workplace … Read more
As of Monday 6th April 2020, employees who have sadly suffered the loss of a child are entitled to two weeks’ Parental Bereavement Leave. The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 offers two weeks’ leave for employees who lose a child under the age of 18 or suffer a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Parents … Read more
UPDATES The Employee’s Guidance now states that it is possible to take annual leave while on furlough, as predicted, with the employer having to ‘top up’ to 100% of normal pay. HM Treasury has announced the coronavirus job retention scheme (the furlough scheme) has been extended from 31 May 2020 to the end of June 2020. Thousands … Read more
We are delighted to announce our partnership with national mental health and wellbeing charity, The Kaleidoscope Plus Group. Our announcement follows world suicide prevention day, which took place on the 10th September 2019 and we hope that our collaboration will help us to further support our clients as well as their employees. A study conducted … Read more
Research shows that poor financial wellbeing costs UK businesses £1.6 billion each year and at least a quarter of employees in the UK are unable to perform at work due to money worries. The need to help employees feel confident about their finances has never been greater, and we are urging SME’s to prioritise employee … Read more