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Filling Key Positions: The Health and Care Worker Visa Solution
Business Immigration

Filling Key Positions: The Health and Care Worker Visa Solution

20 June 2025

The UK healthcare sector faces an unprecedented staffing crisis. From bustling NHS hospitals to community care homes, healthcare providers across the nation grapple with persistent recruitment challenges that threaten service delivery and patient care. However, the Health and Care Worker Visa presents a strategic solution that could transform your organisation’s approach to international recruitment. Understanding […]

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Managing apprentices who have been furloughed
Employment Law

Managing apprentices who have been furloughed

07 April 2020

The government has confirmed that apprentices can be furloughed in the same way as other employees and they can also continue to train whilst furloughed. However, employers must pay apprentices at least the Apprenticeship Minimum Wage, National Living Wage or National Minimum Wage for all the time they spend training. This means employers must cover […]

Coronavirus FAQs: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Employment Law

Coronavirus FAQs: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

01 April 2020

UPDATE: Following announcements on Friday 29 May 2020, we produced an updated article. We have prepared these FAQs to help employers who are considering taking advantage of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. When will the Scheme start? The Scheme is expected to be up and running “by the end of April” and is stated to […]

NHS frontline workers visas extended
Business Immigration

NHS frontline workers visas extended

31 March 2020

Doctors, nurses and paramedics will automatically have their visas extended, free of charge, for one year, as part of the national effort to combat coronavirus. The extension, which was announced today (31 March 2020) by the Home Secretary Priti Patel will apply to around 2,800 migrant doctors, nurses and paramedics, employed by the NHS whose […]

Workers to carry over annual leave due to COVID-19
Employment Law

Workers to carry over annual leave due to COVID-19

27 March 2020

Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement as a result of COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years, under measures introduced by Business Secretary, Alok Sharma today (Friday 27 March). Currently, almost all workers are entitled to 28 days holiday including bank […]

Government rescue package for the self-employed
Employment Law

Government rescue package for the self-employed

26 March 2020

Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has just announced details of the rescue package for self-employed individuals. If you are self-employed you may be able to take advantage of this package which includes the following: A taxable grant worth 80% of the average monthly income, which would be capped at £2,500 per month. Income will be calculated […]

What is a furloughed worker: Rishi Sunak’s rescue plan
Employment Law

What is a furloughed worker: Rishi Sunak’s rescue plan

24 March 2020

Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, introduced the Job Retention Scheme to assist businesses and to protect employee’s wages during the coronavirus pandemic. What is the job retention scheme? Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK employers will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for those employees that would […]

Where an employee is suspended by their employer on health and safety grounds
Employment Law

Where an employee is suspended by their employer on health and safety grounds

20 March 2020

Where an employee is suspended by their employer on health and safety grounds, because of a possible risk of infection which does not fall within the government’s self-isolation advice, it is likely that they have the right to continue to receive full pay on the basis of the employer’s implied duty to pay wages. This […]

Coronavirus FAQs: general employment law and HR
Employment Law

Coronavirus FAQs: general employment law and HR

17 March 2020

In order to help the many businesses going through an unprecedented time of uncertainty, we have prepared these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for employers around Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more: Coronavirus FAQs: changing employment terms and lay-offs Q: Where an employee refuses to attend work due to fears about coronavirus, what action can an employer take […]

Coronavirus FAQs: changing employment terms and lay-offs
Employment Law

Coronavirus FAQs: changing employment terms and lay-offs

17 March 2020

In order to help the many businesses going through an unprecedented time of uncertainty, we have prepared these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for employers around Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more: Coronavirus FAQs: general employment law and HR Q: What action should employers be taking now? The action an employer should be taking will depend upon the […]

Budget 2020: what employers need to know
Employment Law

Budget 2020: what employers need to know

12 March 2020

With Coronavirus taking the main stage at yesterday’s Budget, the first since Autumn 2018, it was easy to miss some of the other announcements made by the Chancellor, only weeks into the job. Statutory pay UK employees have already begun receiving statutory sick pay (SSP) from day one, payable by employers, to help contain coronavirus […]

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