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Festivities will be very different this year. Despite exiting a national Lockdown this week, 98.7% of the population in England find themselves in tiers 2 or 3 in the run up to Christmas.

As it’s December Clarkslegal employment associate, Deborah Scales, injects some rhyming couplets into her seasonal related employment advice.  

Protection from health and safety detriments and the right to PPE should cover ‘workers’ as well as employees, High Court rules.

Less than one week ago, the government announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the furlough scheme) would be extended for 1 month, to the end of November 2020, with government support for 80% of wages up to a cap of £2,500 per month and employers only having to pay pension and National Insurance Contributions.

On 5^th November 2020, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme would be extended until the end of March 2021. 

This month in California, ride-sharing and delivery platforms succeeded in their campaign - supported with $30million each from DoorDash, Lyft, and Uber - to win a public ballot exempting their drivers...

Yesterday, the Government updated its furlough guidance following the extension of scheme that was announced last week.

When the UK went into lockdown in March, no one anticipated that we would be entering another in November. Again we have been told that those that can, must work from home. With the second lockdown starting today, many employees that had put-off purchasing home office equipment first time round, with the hope of returning to the office, may now be changing their minds.

The Government has injected further money into the Job Support Scheme (JSS) and modified the Scheme for businesses forced to close by under government lockdown orders (JSS closed) and for those still managing to operate but facing decreased demand (JSS Open).

Working from home is the new normal for many. Some employers have been flexible in their approach to what “at home” means in reality. As long as the job is being done, does is matter where it’s being done from?