Can your staff come to work today? Last night, the Prime Minister implemented measures to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. In his television address to the nation Boris Johnson...
Meet The Team: Sarah Edwards - Senior Employment Law Adviser at Howarths What's the biggest development you've seen in the legal world during your career? The legal industry's willingness to...
Isolation Notes and Self-Isolation Launch of Isolation Notes With many employees struggling to acquire fit notes from their GP to certify absence from work due to self-isolation on grounds of...
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme & Furlough Leave On Friday 20th March, Rishi Sunak announced initial details of the support measures which the government was intending to introduce to help assist...
Statutory Rates - April 2020 Compensation limits Payments From 6 April 2017 From 6 April 2018 From 6 April 2019 From 6 April 2020 Limit on guarantee payments £27 £28...
Vulnerable Staff: Self-Isolation and Social Distancing The most recent government advice is that anyone who develops a persistent cough or fever should self-isolate for a period of fourteen days, along...
The Coronavirus Bill: Emergency Legislation on its way Emergency measures to give ministers powers to take action against the public to help control the Coronavirus outbreak have been published in...
Employees affected by School Closures On 18th March 2020, the government announced that schools in the UK are to shut from Friday until further notice as a response to the...
Lay off and Short time working This advice note set outs an employer’s options when it comes to dealing with a temporary downturn in work when redundancies would ideally be...
Redundancy: Advice for Employers Most employers recognise the fact that situations will arise where the need for work of a particular kind will reduce or, where the volume of the...
