Issue 667

More advice on furlough leave

Further to updated advice from HMRC, Thompsons now provides additional information in the form of a Q and A about how the coronavirus job retention scheme (LELRs 664 and 666), introduced by the government in March 2020, is likely to work in practice (...).

Paying contingent workers

Along with announcements about protecting the income of employees and the self-employed (LELRs 664 to 666), there is also separate and specific Cabinet Office guidance for suppliers of “contingent workers” to certain public sector bodies where they cannot work due to coronavirus (COVID-19) (...).

Consumers stranded abroad

Further to the article on the rights of workers stranded abroad (LELR 665), Thompsons now provides some general advice on the rights of consumers who find themselves abroad and unable to get home (...).