Covid-19

How to welcome and reintegrate employees back from furlough

How to welcome and reintegrate employees back from furlough

Welcoming back furloughed employees won’t be as simple as giving them a quick call and telling them to start on Monday. If you want to help them feel welcome and part of the team again, you’ll need to plan their reintegration. Whether your employees have been...

Working from home with kids during COVID-19

Working from home with kids during COVID-19

It’s not an ideal situation working from home with children, but during a prolonged crisis like the Coronavirus pandemic, lots of your parent employees and indeed you, may find this situation unavoidable. Looking after a child and home-schooling is a full-time job in...

The second Coronavirus lockdown: What we’re doing to help

The second Coronavirus lockdown: What we’re doing to help

On Saturday the 31st of October the Government announced a second lockdown for England starting from Thursday 5th of November which means working from home and business closures. To help with this the furlough scheme has been extended until December with the hopes of...

Redundancy as a result of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Redundancy as a result of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Job Retention Scheme was implemented in March 2020, to help deal with the economic consequences of the Coronavirus. The scheme has been a success with many businesses furloughing their employees to survive, protecting thousands of UK jobs. But with the end of the...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: What you need to know

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: What you need to know

In March 2020, the UK Government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to protect the countries job market by helping employers keep their employees on payroll during the pandemic. Now with the number of cases of COVID-19 slowly decreasing, the...

On your side

On your side

The Coronavirus pandemic means we are living through extraordinary times, with immense challenges for businesses to get to grips with at breakneck speed. Having endured strict lockdown, we all now face incredibly complex decisions as to how best to lift the lockdown...

Getting your team back to work safely after lockdown

Getting your team back to work safely after lockdown

As many countries across Europe start to ease restrictions, it looks as though the UK, after two months of working from home, will soon be following suit. Whilst some businesses who were forced to close now have the green light to re-open, it is really important that...