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Clearly, the holiday season is going to look a little different for 2020, but as the world starts to reopen and we move into the summer period, this will start...
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With the lockdown easing slightly and more people encouraged to return to work, you need to ensure you are providing a COVID-secure workplace. The Government has issued guidance on working...
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With Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the Coronavirus Job Retention or ‘Furlough’ scheme is to be phased out, employers who have been using this will be thinking about their next steps....
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There are many reasons why a business would seek to vary the terms of someone’s contract of employment. Perhaps a business is relocating and so the place of work clause...
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Today marks the countdown of one year to go for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme. This Scheme enables EU citizens and their family members who have been resident in...
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On 12 May, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention, or “furlough” Scheme was to be extended, providing additional support for wages until October. In that announcement, he...
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You may have a mix of people working for your business i.e. those working from home, those currently on furlough and those continuing to attend the workplace while maintaining social...
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As the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, briefs the nation on a gradual relaxing of the UK’s lockdown, many employers are starting to consider how best to bring employees back into...
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While we at Ashtons HR Consulting are all working from home, some businesses are continuing and require their employees to go into the workplace. We have had a few enquiries...
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Technology giant Amazon could be under threat of legal action from New York’s Attorney General following claims of the dismissal of an employee who organised a walkout in protest at...
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This is a worrying time for everyone. For businesses, for families, for the vulnerable, for children not able to go to school. There seems to be no escaping the current...
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In a recent case heard at a Bristol Employment Tribunal, Hobbs v Avon Care Homes, a secretary has successfully claimed constructive unfair dismissal after being asked to be involved in...
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