As the current COVID-19 situation deepens the effects on us all, we continue to provide advice and support relating to employee matters to you and we hope you are finding this valuable. You can gain access to this by subscribing to our Advice Line scheme.
Documents available include:
- Folder – Update emails sent to clients
- We have uploaded all of our recent CV related updates to this folder and saved them in date order so that they’re easier for you to find and access. Please be aware that the information contained within may have or will change as the Government issues more guidance
- Critical Worker Status Folder – Critical Workers are those required to keep essential services running during the current situation
- Definition of Critical Workers
- Letter confirming employees status as a critical worker as set out by the Government
- The employee can use this letter to send to the school so that their child/children will be eligible for a school place if home childcare is not an option
- The employee can carry this letter to confirm their status as a critical worker to the authorities
- Furlough Leave Folder – employees can agree to be placed on furlough leave as an alternative to lay-off or redundancy
- Advance consent and confirmation of Furlough Leave folder – if you haven’t placed employees on FL yet but may need to in the future
- Letter seeking advance consent to FL at a date to be confirmed
- Confirmation of the date for FL to commence
- Agree Furlough Leave (NOW) Folder
- Furlough Agreement
- Letter explaining FL inc FL Agreement
- Frequently Asked Questions
- For EmployERs – we hope this helps to answer some of your questions
- For EmployEEs – you may wish to give a copy of this to your employees when discussing FL
- Document – Payment for Employees; updated re:
- At Risk Groups
- Households of At Risk Groups
- Furlough Leave
- Payment to employee
- Document – Business Options to Reduce Salary Costs; updated re:
- Furlough Leave
- Advance consent and confirmation of Furlough Leave folder – if you haven’t placed employees on FL yet but may need to in the future
We hope you find these updates useful. We will keep updating you as more guidance is issued by HM Government.
