Employers' Furlough Package
/Are you an SME with questions about furloughing staff?
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is designed to support employers who have been severely affected by coronavirus, bringing financial relief to many businesses. In implementing furlough to take advantage of the scheme, employers are frequently raising questions about how it works in practice. In most respects, employment law remains as normal, despite the very abnormal circumstances leading to the introduction of the scheme.
This means that furlough decisions interact with other employment rights such as maternity leave, annual leave, sickness absence and other terms of the employment contract.
For this reason, we have created a comprehensive and cost-effective Furlough Package to provide employers with the information and documents that they will require in order to respond to the employment law issues arising from the scheme.
What does the Employers’ Furlough Package include?
This package costs £200 + VAT and includes:
Guidance for employers on how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is intended to work and how to furlough employees.
A Furlough Leave Agreement to send to affected employees.
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions by employers.
Within this package, we answer important questions such as: How should we decide which employees to furlough? Can employees insist on being furloughed? What do we pay furloughed employees if the HMRC portal is not up and running? Can we furlough employees on sick leave or maternity leave? How does furlough work for employees with variable hours or more than one part-time job? in addition to many others.
This package is designed to allow employers to furlough employees confidently and without unnecessary complications. We can also provide ongoing guidance and support throughout the furlough process.
Contact us for more information
If you are an employer looking to start the furlough process, please contact one of our employment solicitors, Cathy Donald or Emma Reid.
