Furlough was once a term that no-one had heard of under UK employment law. This is prior to 20 March 2020 when the UK government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The CJRS and its furlough guidance have been evolving since then. While many...
Furloughed employees are constantly being bombarded with messages to use this time ‘productively’, but most of this advice ignores the mental health issues that arise from this situation. Before L&D can encourage furloughed workers to focus on self-development, we...
Acas have published new guidance to help staff manage their mental health at work during coronavirus after a survey found 2 out of 5 employees working from home felt stressed, anxious or experienced mental health difficulties due to their working situation. The...
The 1970 act enshrined the legal principle that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work. A large number of workers are claiming their employers are illegally paying them less than colleagues in similar roles, according to research released as the Equal...
As employees settle into a new way of working, shifting tasks online and logging into video calls, they are also looking to their Human Resource (HR) teams to help them through this very stressful time. With widespread homeworking sweeping the country, the Advisory,...
Just over two in five (44%) of employers have increased employee benefits communications, according to research by Wills Towers Watson. Its 2020 Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pulse report, which surveyed 996 employers in April 2020, also found that 14% of respondents are...
