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ArticleLora Murphy: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
2020 will be marked in history as the year in which a pandemic, commonly referred to as Coronavirus or Covid-19, tested the modern world on both a social and an economical level.This is a period of uncertainty for employers and employees alike, and everyone wants answers in relation to how ...
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ArticleJoanne Moseley: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
The answer to this is more complicated than you might expect and depends on the reason why someone is self-isolating.If an employee has symptoms, they must self-isolate for seven days. If they do not, but live with someone who has, they have to self-isolate for 14 days. In both cases, ...
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ArticleVictoria von Wachter: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
In short, the answer is generally yes. The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 contain a declaration by the secretary of state that the incidence or transmission of coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health.The Health Protection Regulations 2020 state that where a person self-isolates because they have ...
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ArticleMorrisons wins appeal at Supreme Court over payroll data breach
Supermarket retailer Morrisons has won a Supreme Court appeal over whether it is liable for the criminal act of an employee who leaked payroll data of around 100,000 members of staff.Morrisons brought a Supreme Court challenge in an attempt to overturn a ruling which gave the go-ahead for compensation claims ...
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ArticlePIB Group enhances parental leave for 1,300 employees
Insurance organisation PIB Group (PIB) has enhanced its paid parental leave benefits to support new parents, effective immediately.The amended policy will see all of its 1,300 employees entitled to 12 weeks' full pay. New mothers will benefit from 12 weeks full pay during maternity leave before they receive statutory maternity ...
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ArticleAmey employees to receive full pay during self-isolation
Outsourcing organisation Amey will pay all of its employees who are instructed to self-isolate due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in full.Following negotiations with Unite and GMB, Amey announced yesterday (March 31 2020) that employees would receive full pay for seven days, 14 days or 12 weeks, depending on how ...
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ArticleVerizon increases pay for essential on-site employees
Telecommunications organisation Verizon is enhancing pay to ensure that its on-site employees are financially supported during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective immediately.Employees that are unable to work from home, due to their customer-facing roles, will receive pay enhancements as part of the organisation's'essential on-sire services pay' programme. Eligible employees, such ...
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ArticleGovernment to allow employees to carry over annual leave for two years
Employees who are unable to take all of their statutory annual leave entitlement in the current year will be able to carry it over into the next two years.The amendment to the Working Time Regulations, which was announced on 27 March 2020, has been put in place to support employees ...
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ArticleKing George and Queens Hospitals pay outsourced NHS staff living wage
NHS outsourced workers at Kings George and Queens Hospitals in East London will receive the London living wage, effective from April 2020. The pay increase, negotiated by GMB Union, will benefit 600 outsourced staff at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trusts, who will see their hourly pay rise from £8.21 ...
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ArticleTPR allow trustees to freeze pension transfers for three months
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has made changes to regulations to support employers and trustees as they work to meet the challenges of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Trustees of defined benefit (DB) schemes will be able to suspend cash equivalent transfer value activity for up to three months.According to the regulator, if ...
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ArticleFC Barcelona players defer pay to support all non-sporting staff
The professional team members at FC Barcelona, including the football first team and most of the basketball team, will reduce their pay to support non-sporting staff during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The agreement was made by the FC Barcelona board of directors. They confirmed that the football first team will reduce ...
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ArticleEasyjet to pay staff 80% of wages after suspending all flights
British airline Easyjet will pay all of its employees, who are unable to work from home, 80% of their average pay through the Government's job retention scheme.The pay scheme which will come into effect from 1 April 2020 was collaboratively agreed upon by the airline and Unite the union which ...
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ArticleWalkers Shortbread staff to receive full pay during closure
Baking organisation Walkers Shortbread Limited has closed all production operations with immediate effect but will still continue to pay staff in full throughout the duration of the closure.The organisation temporarily closed on 26 March 2020 and it has no plans to open any earlier than 20 April 2020.All employees will ...
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ArticleAldi rewards store and distribution staff with 10% bonus
Aldi will pay store and distribution employees a 10% bonus due to their hard work throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The bonus will be effective for the hours that employees work from 9 March 2020 to the end of April 2020, and will then be reviewed on a monthly basis.To further ...
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ArticleLeeds United players, coaches and management defer pay to support all staff
Coaching staff, players and members of senior management at football club Leeds United will defer their pay for the foreseeable future, to ensure that all staff working at the Elland Road stadium and Thorp Arch training ground will still receive pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, ...
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ArticleHy-Vee rewards front-line store employees with 10% bonus
US-based supermarket retailer Hy-Vee is giving its front-line store employees a 10% bonus to recognise their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All full- and part-time store-based employees will receive the bonus, calculated based on the hours worked from 16 March to 12 April 2020; this will then be paid ...
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ArticleOnly 30% of the UK workforce experienced working from home in 2019
Only 30% of UK employees ever worked from home during 2019, according to the latest research by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).Due to the current Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, many UK employees are now expected to work from home for the foreseeable future. The research, published on 24 March 2020, ...
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ArticleUK businesses come together to offer perks to front-line NHS employees
Something for the weekend: Businesses across the UK have come together to offer discounts and perks to NHS staff, as a show of solidarity and support for those on the front line in the battle against Covid-19 (Coronavirus).Wedding dress retailer Pronovias has stated that brides-to-be among NHS employees should have ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 19 - 25 March 2020
The top 10 most read stories between 19 and 25 March 2020 were: Government will pay 80% of wages for staff unable to work due to CoronavirusNPS fails to submit pay increases before 2020 deadlineWilko pushes back sick pay changes due to Coronavirus pandemicJCB employees to receive full pay during ...
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ArticleAsda to pay vulnerable employees 12 weeks while self-isolating
Supermarket retailer Asda has committed to pay employees in full for 12 weeks if they are classed as vulnerable and therefore need to self-isolate due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Asda's hourly-paid retail and distribution employees will also receive a week's extra pay in June, in recognition of their efforts to ...