Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: North Carolina’s COVID-19 Job Retention Program
City law firms' increasingly flexible work-from-home policies are making it more difficult for suburban firms to recruit Big Law talent, according to a recent article by Law360. This trend is disrupting the long-standing...more
In our recent blog, we highlighted the UK government’s announcement on 14 June 2021 in relation to the likely four week delay in triggering stage 4 of the lockdown roadmap. This announcement was not, however, accompanied by a...more
Introduction - The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget on 3 March 2021 that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), also known as the furlough scheme, will be extended for a further five months until 30...more
Although the government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) was originally expected to close on 31 October 2020, the government has extended it on several occasions. Following the Budget on 3 March 2021 it is now clear that the...more
A further update to the HM Treasury Direction concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) was published on 26 January 2021 making some further adjustments to the rules governing its operation. ...more
HM Treasury in the United Kingdom released its sixth direction concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 26 January 2021. Many of the central features of the furlough scheme have not changed, including the level of...more
On 5 January 2021, the UK government’s guidance was updated to clarify that employers may (but are not required to) furlough employees who have caring responsibilities for children who are at home as a result of school and...more
As the 4 April 2021, gender pay gap reporting deadline approaches, the UK government has published an updated set of guidance for employers on the gender pay gap reporting requirements. Although the reporting requirements...more
Following the announcement of its third national lockdown on 5 January 2020, the UK government has updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, stating that employers may furlough employees in circumstances...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Although the government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) was originally expected to close on 31 October 2020, the government subsequently decided to extend it, initially to the end of March and then to the end of April 2021 (the...more
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on 17 December that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is to be extended until 30 April 2021. This represents a further extension of one month. ...more
In this issue, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including an HMRC bulletin confirming protections for participation in certain tax-advantaged share schemes amid the pandemic, a...more
There has been a lengthy debate in the courts about the extent to which an employer can rely on cost considerations when seeking to justify a provision, criteria or practice that is potentially indirectly discriminatory. In...more
In keeping with its tradition of issuing updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) on Fridays, the guidance issued earlier this week on the extended CJRS has been amended this evening in relation to the...more
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the United Kingdom (UK) has released its full guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) extension, which was first announced by the UK government on 31 October 2020. The scheme...more
Although the government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) was initially expected to close on 31 October 2020, on 5 November 2020 the government announced that it would remain in place in some form until the end of March 2021 (the...more
Following the recent announcement of the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS or “furlough scheme”) and the suspension of the Government’s Job Support Scheme and Job Retention Bonus and then of the further...more
Back in March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an unprecedented package of measures, including a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). On 5 November 2020, the chancellor announced a further extension to the furlough...more
The Government announced shortly after midday Thursday that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is now extended until 31 March 2021....more
Ahead of England’s return to national lockdown this Thursday, the UK Prime Minister has announced the extension of support packages for both employed workers and for the self-employed. As reported by us previously the...more
The United Kingdom’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended by one month, replicating the furlough measures previously in place April through July....more
On 22 October 2020, the UK Government announced further changes to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) which will replace the existing Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), also known as the furlough scheme, when that scheme...more
The unprecedented Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is coming to end, as scheduled, on 31 October. As covered in our previous bulletin, the CJRS is being replaced by the Job Support Scheme (JSS)....more
The UK government recently announced a new Job Support Scheme, which will replace the UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the “Furlough Scheme”) upon its expiration on October 31, 2020. The Furlough Scheme has been in place...more