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Government urged to relax planning regulations
23 March 2020The RTPI, RICS and RIBA have written to the Prime Minister offering to assist “in this time of national emergency" and "seek Government support for the UK’s construction and infrastructure sectors which are worth over £100 billion to the UK economy".
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COVID-19 and its implications for data protection compliance
23 March 2020As COVID-19 panic continues to grip the nation, businesses are grappling with how best to respond to the situation, including considering how to protect their customers, visitors and staff. At the same time, EU data protection regulators are keen to remind us this pandemic does not in and of itself entitle us to relax our approach to data protection compliance; the law is still very much the law. In this article we consider some of the key data protection issues when it comes to dealing with COVID-19.
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Employer National Insurance Contributions charge on termination payments from April 2020
23 March 2020The new employer’s national insurance charge on termination payments over £30,000 comes into effect from 6 April 2020.
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‘IT MARKS THE START OF UK’S ECONOMIC FIGHTBACK’ – Business leaders react to Sunak statement - Colin Leckey comments for Business Leader
23 March 2020Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said the government will pay 80% of workers’ salaries – that qualify under the new measures – as part of an ‘unlimited’ effort to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. He also announced a whole raft of other measures aimed at offering support during this difficult economic period.
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Furloughing employees – what does it mean for employers?
22 March 2020The government has announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to provide UK employers with support for paying wages of staff who would otherwise have been laid off as a result of Coronavirus.
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Coronavirus - our second employer survey
20 March 2020We carried out a second benchmarking survey to find out how employers are dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Employer NIC charge on termination payments from April 2020
20 March 2020The new employer’s national insurance charge on termination payments over £30,000 comes into effect from 6 April 2020.
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Coronavirus Bill – emergency volunteering leave and SSP changes
20 March 2020The new Coronavirus Bill introduces a new form of unpaid statutory leave for volunteers, along with powers to establish a compensation scheme. It also makes changes to SSP rules.
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Jude Bellingham transfer: The rules Manchester United and their competitors will have to negotiate to sign Birmingham's star midfielder
19 March 2020Like everything in sport right now, Jude Bellingham’s future is on hold. But it now feels inevitable that Birmingham City’s prized asset will be flying the coop. However, if he is to get a dream move away, then his youth will play an important role. In this article for City A.M. John Shea comments on the complications of transfers for minors.
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Jude Bellingham transfer: The rules Manchester United and their competitors will have to negotiate to sign Birmingham's star midfielder
19 March 2020Like everything in sport right now, Jude Bellingham’s future is on hold. But it now feels inevitable that Birmingham City’s prized asset will be flying the coop. However, if he is to get a dream move away, then his youth will play an important role. In this article for City A.M. John Shea comments on the complications of transfers for minors.
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IR35 reforms to be postponed due to coronavirus
18 March 2020The government has announced that the planned reforms to IR35 will now take effect on 6 April 2021.
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Effect of Coronavirus on financial reporting
18 March 2020The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published fresh guidance on issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus and working from home temporarily – what responsibilities do employers have?
18 March 2020To cope with the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and adhere to the government’s guidance on social distancing, many employees have started to work from home. This article explains the employer’s health and safety responsibilities towards this new group of temporary homeworkers.
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Coronavirus and Statutory Sick Pay
17 March 2020The Government has passed a new law temporarily extending the right to statutory sick pay in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. What are the details?
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Increase in the Immigration Health Surcharge spells trouble for businesses who employ migrant workers
17 March 2020The new chancellor delivered a budget last week that was stock full of crowd pleasing spending promises. Unfortunately, it looks like it will be non-EU (and soon to be EU) nationals and the companies who employ them who will be footing the bill for them, via an increase to the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).
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Coronavirus – how can employers plan ahead?
16 March 2020The coronavirus pandemic may require employers to contemplate radical measures over the coming months. How should they be planning forwards from an employment law perspective?
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Tenth of HR leaders still do not have a COVID-19 policy - James Davies comments for HR Review
16 March 2020Over half of HR leaders now have implemented a policy addressing a pandemic disease in relation to COVID-19, but still over a tenth have no plans to do so. In this article for HR Review, James Davies comments on how prepared employers are to dealing with pandemic diseases such as COVID-19.
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Coronavirus creating uncertainty for landlords
13 March 2020Covid-19 (or the coronavirus as it is more commonly known) has now been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
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Brexit - What does it mean for your intellectual property rights?
13 March 2020The United Kingdom is no longer in the EU. The 1st February 2020 saw the start of a new trajectory for the UK which will impact on many aspects of commercial, political and cultural life. For now, nothing really changes, with the impact being delayed until the end of the ‘implementation period’ on the 31st December 2020. The end of the implementation period will, however, bring significant changes for businesses that own IP.
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Budget 2020 - New Kid on the Block
12 March 2020There was a sombre mood to the Budget initially, focusing as it did on measures to help deal with the coronavirus / Covid-19. Clearly the financial outlook is expected to be challenging, and our new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, made sure to point out that the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts have not (yet) taken the impact of Covid-19 into account.