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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended by the Government to 30th June 2020.

Announced in the Coronavirus Bill in March 2020, the Government proposes to introduce a temporary right to ‘statutory emergency volunteering leave’ to enable workers, employees and agency staff to take unpaid leave to volunteer in health and social care.

The Government has issued a Treasury Direction which sets the CJRS on a legislative footing and which, in theory, overrides any informal agreement you may have in place with your furloughed employees.

Extend the Furlough period or consider bringing your team back.

The latest Government advice as at 17.04.2020 on the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is a temporary scheme open to all UK employers for at least three months starting from 1 March 2020. This has been updated 17.04.2020.

Guidance on working from home, employer and employee responsibilities and expectations during the coronavirus pandemic.

A reminder of all the changes in April 2020, these include written Statement of Terms and Conditions of employment, Maternity, Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Pay, Sick Pay, National Minimum Wage, Contracts of Employment and Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave

Impact on businesses with the coronavirus.

Can employees be instructed not to come to work if they have been in contact with an infected person (coronavirus) or someone recently travelled to China?