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Potential redundancies in the post-Covid world
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is currently set to end on 30 September 2021. The scope of the CJRS has already started to ...

Covid 19 – Employee succeeds with unfair dismissal claim after refusing to agree changes
Employers may propose changes to an employee’s contract of employment at any time, but if the employee does not agree to those changes, the employer ...

Covid-19 – Updates for Visa Applicants
If you intend to stay in the UK, you will need to apply on the relevant visa route and pay the relevant Home Office fee. ...

Coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) rules for travellers to the UK
From 15 February 2021, if you’re a British and Irish citizen, or a third country national with “residence rights” in the United Kingdom (‘UK’), you ...

Motoring During The Pandemic
During 2020 the Pandemic has had a dramatic effect on all of us and every aspect of our lives. How we travel and use our ...

Quarantine – What are your rights?
The Government has, very helpfully, produced a list of countries to which UK citizens can travel freely without facing mandatory quarantine upon return. With a ...

Coronavirus and Child Contact Arrangements
One of the unfortunate, but not unexpected, results of the coronavirus pandemic has been an upsurge in arguments between separated parents over child contact arrangements. ...

What risks will the new ‘Flexible Furlough Scheme’ pose to businesses?
Businesses may have been alarmed by press reports this weekend that HMRC are to be given extensive powers to crack down on “furlough misuse”. It ...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) – Cut Off Dates and ‘flexible furloughing’
This is a summary of the key changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Friday 29th May 2020. ...

Covid-19: Test and Trace – Employee Pay For Those Self-Isolating
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) can be paid to people who have been told to self isolate under the new NHS ‘Test and Trace’ system which launched ...

Covid-19: UK Immigration Centres reopening plan
Following the closure of UK Immigration Centres as the country locked down to curb the spread of Covid-19, activity to reopen has been set in ...

Covid-19: When is a prosecution lawful?
As a review finds all prosecutions under the new Coronavirus Act unlawful, David Hallmark, Head of Crime at Cartwright King outlines why this might be ...
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