A U-TURN FOR FURLOUGH by Lisa Kennery


Payroll director, Pierce


On the 29th October we held a webinar on the new Job Support Scheme due to launch on 1st November 2020, yet a few days later a complete U-turn had been made.


Businesses can now continue to use the furlough scheme throughout the month of November with more generous rulings:


   covered by the government


  cover the employers pension and national insurance contributions


  extended to include those  October 2020


  been furloughed previously


 commence following the end of lockdown and the extended 


Here are some facts you may not


know regarding the job support scheme:


Some can claim both Closed and Open JSS: claim the JSS Open and JSS Closed grant at the same time for different  claim for a single employee under 


Scenario: A public house who can only operate their restaurant side of the business therefore could potentially claim open for the restaurant staff and closed for 


Partially funded organisations can still claim JSS: can use the scheme if they are not fully funded by public grants, for the proportion of their revenue 


Scenario: A nursery who has a mixture of private and funded children will be able to claim for the 


Employers do not need to have claimed the furlough scheme for 


A REDUNDANCY CHECKLIST FOR EMPLOYERS


by Sarah Williams 


An unfortunate consequence of Covid-19 is that many employers are having to grapple with redundancy.


It is a time of stress and uncertainty for employees and for  redundancy process will expose the business to Employment  remaining workforce causing 


I have prepared a useful redundancy checklist, for employers to follow:-


1. Fair process - when reducing numbers of employees, use appropriate redundancy pools and  


2. Notice - employees with one month to two years’ service  Between 2 and 12 years, one week for each complete year of service  


3. Consult - about alternatives to redundancy, ways to reduce the numbers of redundancies and how 


4. Consultation periods - less than 20 employees consultation must be a reasonable time period,  before the date of dismissal, 100  


5. Collective consultation - in addition to individual consultation, when 20 or more employees are to be made redundant unions or employee representatives must 


6. Right to be accompanied - allow a colleague or union representative to accompany the employee during all meetings, 


7. Appeal - advise employee about right of appeal in writing


8. Redundancy Pay - calculated in accordance with a statutory 


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HELPING YOU TACKLE POST FURLOUGH CHALLENGES


If you need support with restructuring your workforce, flexible working or implementing redundancies — or even if you just want to bounce that ‘daft’ question off someone who has first-hand experience – why not give Sarah Williams a call today on 01254 297920 or email sarah.williams@taylors.co.uk


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