Return of the SSP rebate scheme for Covid related absences Regulations have now been laid before parliament formally reinstating the SSP rebate scheme that came to an end on 30th September 2021. The rebate scheme allows businesses with less than 250 staff to recover up to 2 weeks of SSP paid out for absence due
Flexible Working Flexible working requests are not new in the workplace. They have, however, been thrown into the limelight following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. For both employers and employees alike, the switch to homeworking as a business continuity measure during the pandemic has revealed that in certain cases, working from home and
An explanation of the UK Government's EU Settlement Scheme You will be aware that the new points-based immigration system came into force in the UK on 1 January 2021. The extended deadline for EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens who were in the UK before 11pm on 31 December is 30 June
The Great Home Working Experiment It’s been described as a lightbulb moment where managers suddenly realised that jobs can be done flexibly, a turning point for equality at work. But has this really been the case? Normally we’d implement home or flexible working in a strategic and organised way rather than sending everyone home
Changes to National Minimum Wage Rates More than 100 companies, including some of the UK’s biggest household names, have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay workers the minimum wage. The government investigated claims of failure to pay the national minimum wage (NMW) between 2016 and 2018, and discovered the
