In a recent case the employer had offered its older workers enhanced severance payments if they took voluntary redundancy. A 26-year-old employee claimed this practice amounted to age discrimination.
Why did she fail?
Published 13.01.2014
You’ve asked an employee who was placed on furlough to now return to work. However, they’ve refused your request. Do you have grounds to dismiss them in this situation?
Published 03.06.2020
To encourage the retention of previously furloughed employees, the government has announced a Job Retention Bonus of £1,000 per eligible employee. What conditions must be met to qualify?
Published 27.08.2020
The Coronavirus Act 2020 introduces a new statutory right to take emergency volunteering leave (EVL). Will you be able to refuse EVL requests and, where it is taken, do your staff have a right to be
paid?
Published 21.04.2020
From 1 July 2020 eligible employees may be flexibly furloughed. Where this happens, you must pay them their usual rate of pay for all hours worked. How is this calculated?
Published 02.07.2020
Under the government’s Job Retention Scheme you can “furlough” employees and claim 80% of each individual’s wage costs, up to a cap of £2,500 per month. Do you have to pay the remaining 20%?
Published 08.04.2020
You recently served an employee with a redundancy notice. Since then, your business situation has changed and you now need them to stay. Can you simply tell your employee that the redundancy notice
is withdrawn?
Published 29.01.2021
As you’re doubtless aware, you will be required to make contributions to furlough payments starting in August. But what’s the detail?
Published 11.06.2020
HMRC will be seeking to recover all wrongly claimed furlough payment grants. However, employers who have made innocent mistakes in their claims have been given time to rectify their errors. When must
you act by?
Published 27.08.2020