A further update to the HM Treasury Direction concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) was published on 26 January 2021 making some further adjustments to the rules governing its operation. ...more
2/8/2021
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Employee Retention ,
Furloughs ,
Government Lockdown ,
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Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
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Relief Measures ,
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Wage and Hour
In keeping with its tradition of issuing updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) on Fridays, the guidance issued earlier this week on the extended CJRS has been amended this evening in relation to the...more
Following the recent announcement of the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS or “furlough scheme”) and the suspension of the Government’s Job Support Scheme and Job Retention Bonus and then of the further...more
The Government announced shortly after midday Thursday that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is now extended until 31 March 2021....more
Following the Chancellor’s announcement on 8 July 2020 that employers of furloughed employees would be entitled to a job retention bonus if they kept employees employed until the end of January 2021, the Government published...more
8/7/2020
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Corporate Taxes ,
Eligibility Determination ,
Employer Rights ,
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Furloughs ,
HMRC ,
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New Guidance ,
Relief Measures ,
Taxable Income ,
UK
On Wednesday 1 July 2020 the Government updated its various guidance materials addressing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) and its operation. At least this time there are no dramatic changes but one crucial...more
In this OnPoint we report on the UK Government’s recently announced consultation on the taxation and clawback regime which will apply in relation to grants made to employers under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the...more
6/9/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Retention ,
Furloughs ,
Grants ,
HMRC ,
Insolvency ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Personal Liability ,
Relief Measures ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection supervisory authority, has recently issued guidance outlining its approach to the enforcement of data protection obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
4/27/2020
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Fines ,
Investigations ,
New Guidance ,
Notification Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Subject Access Request (SAR) ,
UK ,
UK ICO
Scheme extension -
On Friday 17 April 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, confirmed that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the “Scheme”) would be extended by one month. ...more
In another step designed to relieve burdens on business during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, it was announced last week that enforcement of the obligation on UK employers of the requisite size to file gender pay gap...more
The Government’s announcement last week of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) may have provided considerable encouragement to businesses and employees that financial support would be available from the UK...more
Reforms to the off-payroll working rules (known as IR35) have been postponed until 6 April 2021 in order to reduce pressure on private sector organisations after the COVID-19 outbreak....more