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Workplaces will slowly start to reopen in line with the NI Executive’s lockdown exit plan over the forthcoming weeks and months. However, it is unlikely that things can go back to ‘normal’ any time soon. The summary table and more detailed briefing note below provides...

Introduction The NI Executive has now published its 5-stage Lockdown Exit Plan, which will eventually see the gradual return to work for a lot of employees. In England, the Government has already said employees should be actively encouraged to return to work, where...

The Government (yet again and twice in 24 hours!) updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on Friday, 1 May. The key developments are: Furloughed employees who are union or non-union representatives can undertake employee representative duties and...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme   Which employers are covered? All employers who operate a PAYE scheme registered on HMRC’s real time information system on 19 March 2020 whose activities are significantly adversely affected as a...

Following another weekend of developments on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, we write to update you once again. Also the HMRC’s online CJRS portal opened yesterday with a reported 67,000 claims made within the first 30 minutes and over 140,000 employers claiming...

Over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, there have been a number of developments on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). On Thursday, 9 April, the Government published a third version of its guidance on the Scheme. Also, the first Court judgment on the scheme...

On Saturday, 4 April, the Government published further guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, answering some questions on how furlough leave will operate. The key points can be summarised as follows:- The Guidance states that the scheme is designed to help...

We have been asked this question a lot in the past week or so, particularly with the Easter Holidays coming up and employees being furloughed – “what about Annual leave?” Annual leave for Furloughed Employees Workers will continue to accrue annual leave during...