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The hospitality sector faces a unique combination of employment law and immigration challenges. High staff turnover, irregular hours, tipping obligations, a heavy reliance on overseas workers, and a workforce spanning employees, workers, and agency staff all under significant cost pressure create a complex compliance environment. The April 2026 changes have added further layers of risk. […]
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During his Summer Statement, the chancellor announced key initiatives to help the UK economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The introduction of the Job Retention Bonus was high up on the agenda. What is the Job Retention Bonus? The Job Retention Bonus is a one-off payment to employers for every furloughed employee […]
We have compiled an employer’s step-by-step guide to redundancy. Is there a genuine redundancy situation? If so, how many redundancies do you need to make? Is it a redundancy or a reorganisation scenario? Are there ways of avoiding redundancies? If proposing to make more than 20 people redundant from one establishment, you need to start […]
The government has recently announced a number of ways to help hotel and leisure businesses, who are an integral part of our community. We have set out below some of the key changes that the hospitality industry will see implemented to assist them with recovery: More pubs, restaurants and cafes will be able to serve […]
Following his speech on Tuesday 23 June 2020, the prime minister announced that a further easing of lockdown will commence from 4 July onwards. Top of that list is the re-opening of several venues including pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas. With that comes great relief for business owners and their customers. The government also announced […]
A recent YouGov survey has revealed that half of UK businesses will be forced to lay off staff within three months of the government’s furlough scheme ending. The government’s furlough scheme is set to continue in its current form until the end of July and will continue in amended form until October. The Treasury’s latest […]
As you may be aware the Chancellor extended the furlough scheme, but on 29 May 2020 the Chancellor provided some clarity to how the furlough scheme would work after 31 July 2020. So, we’ve prepared this FAQ to help explain some of the changes. What are the key changes that will apply from July 2020? […]
Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced the much-awaited details regarding the CJRS. Here’s a summary of the key points: The last day Employers will be able to put Employees on “furlough” would be 10 June 2020. “Flexible furlough” will be introduced from 1 July 2020. This means employees would be able to work part-time and also be […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is likely to, over the coming days, signal the future of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). Since it began the number of furloughed employees has risen to 8.4million, according to HM Treasury figures. With the total value of claims currently made (at the time […]
From Tuesday 26 May, employers can reclaim coronavirus-related statutory sick pay (SSP) paid after 13 March 2020, via HMRC’s new online claims service. Employers are eligible under the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme if they have a PAYE payroll scheme that started before 28 February 2020 and fewer than 250 employees before this date. […]
