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The Government has reintroduced “Shielding” guidance for those who are deemed “clinically extremely vulnerable” in response to the National restrictions that came into effect on 5 November.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be extended until at least 2 December 2020, and the Job Support Scheme is now postponed until the Government advises.
We have sourced some useful information that may be beneficial to share with your employees, whilst we await further government clarification on a number of points.
The Discrimination Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2020 (“Ordinance”) was announced on the 19 June 2020.
Following the previous Global COVID-19 Support post, see listed a few more Q and A’s from the following countries, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Netherlands, and Mexico.
On 22 10 2020 the Government issued the Policy paper providing further details of the revised Job Support Scheme also announced 22 October.
On 22 October 2020 the Chancellor has announced a number of changes to the JSS, which is a huge welcome from most organisations.
Please see article below regarding the £1,000 job retention bonus scheme and the eligibility criteria to enable you to make a claim. Source Gov.UK on behalf of HMRC.
While this kind of smart technology is becoming increasingly common, many smaller local payroll vendors do not have the means to implement it.
Deemed a national emergency, no doubt considering the rapid increase in positive cases, these new regulations were not laid before Parliament, but brought into immediate effect.
Every day the payroll team is balancing the “risk” of a data breach against the “hell to pay” if something goes wrong with payroll.
On the 24th of September, the Treasury announced the Job Support Scheme to support businesses over the Winter months with a view to safeguard as many jobs as possible.