Earlier this month, the government told us more about the Job Retention Bonus. Announced by Rishi Sunak some time ago now, this is the £1,000 per person you can claim in relation to each furloughed employee who you are able to keep in employment through to the end of January 2021. There is a short list of other criteria to meet but, if you qualify, you must make your claim between 15th January and 31st March 2021, so set yourself a reminder to do it. Further guidance is here.
Most employers are keen to avoid dismissing staff in whom they have invested time and money but this is not always possible.
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), sometimes referred to as “gagging clauses”, are rarely out of the news.
On 5 December 2022, following its Making Flexible Working The Default consultation, which has now concluded, the UK government announced that it will be introducing reforms to the law around employees’ rights to make flexible working requests.
I was interested to read the recent reports in the Guardian and BBC News that Elon Musk has sent an email which requires all staff to sign a commitment to working “long hours at high intensity” and being “extremely hardcore”. They report that the alternative is that they will receive three months’ severance pay.