On 24 September 2020, the Chancellor announced the Job Support Scheme (JSS) that will run for six months from 1 November 2020. Read more here.

How can businesses move to better represent their customers and workforces following the cultural shifts aided by the Black Lives Matter movement? Advertising boss Karen Blackett OBE - who was made race equality business champion by former Prime Minister Theresa May - has a series of tips for bosses seeking to tackle racism and to diversify their firms.

In Varnish v British Cycling Federation t/a British Cycling, the EAT has held that an employment tribunal was entitled to conclude that a professional cyclist was neither an employee nor a worker of the British Cycling Federation (a not-for-profit organisation) within the meaning of S.230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

As lockdown restrictions begin easing and we move into the new normal, now is the ideal time to develop your employees and enable them to competently manage their teams. We're offering bespoke live video training sessions for up to 8 members of your team.

Starford Legal HR and Liberty First Consulting have announced the complete merger of their business operations to offer a fully integrated Legal HR and Management Consultancy solution to the market. Starford will acquire Liberty First assets, people and client contracts and the merged business will operate under the Starford Legal HR brand.

An excellent summary of what is changing for the furlough scheme has been produced by Caroline Harwood, a partner and head of Share Plans and Employment Tax at Crowe UK LLP. Read more about what is changing here…

The Government has published a step-by-step guide on how to claim for your employees' wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

The Treasury has issued a Direction to HMRC under powers conferred by the Coronavirus Act 2020, containing authority and instructions for making payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

The government has published further guidance for apprentices, as well as for employers, training providers, end-point assessment organisations and external quality assurance providers.

To help organisations with their communications during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lock-down, we have prepared a guide for answering the most commonly asked questions you may be receiving from your employees.

The Government has published the details of how the Furlough Scheme will work.

With more changes to employment law due in April 2020, it's time to prepare and review your policies and procedures.

This week we are celebrating the exciting news that we've been shortlisted for Personnel Today's Employment Law Firm of the Year award.