April Living Wage increase likely to cause problems further up the chain
In April 2022 the Living Wage is set to go up to a top rate of £9.50 per hour a 6.6% increase on the current top rate of £8.91, which [...]
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02, 2022
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06, 2021
Supporting employees through the menopause
On average, menopause tends to occur when women are in their mid to late 40s or early 50s, however this is not always the case. Research has also shown that one in [...]
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04, 2021
Covid – Returning to work – Checklist
This Covid returning to work checklist can be used as a prompt as you go through stages of re-opening the workplace or increasing the numbers of staff working in the [...]
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11, 2020
Extended Furlough and Lockdown rules – November 2020
Following the Government announcement on 31st October regarding the proposed period of lockdown starting on Thursday 5th November through to December 2nd we have pulled together some notes on three main [...]
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09, 2020
What is the Job Support Scheme?
Following the Government’s announcement on the replacement to the current furlough scheme, we have drafted some notes based on latest UK guidance. The new scheme called the Job Support Scheme [...]
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07, 2020
Flexible Furlough Scheme and Varying Contract Terms
With the introduction of the flexible furlough scheme it's important that all employers remember that an employer should not assume that because an employee has accepted a previous period of [...]
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05, 2020
Return to Work Flow Chart – CIPD
The CIPD has published a handy flow chart to help organisations and HR personnel through the decision making processes for staff returning to work after furlough. If you need HR [...]
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05, 2020
Life after Furlough – what could happen when the current scheme ends
With the announcement that furlough is going to be extended in some form or another till the end of September I have dropped some notes below that may be useful [...]