The rules on self-certification have changed to release some pressure from GPs who are focused on booster jabs. The previous rules allowed an employee to self-certify for the first 7 days of absence after which further absence will require a Fit Note (GP certificate of fitness) to enable SSP to be paid by the employer...
Article Category: Employment Guidance
ACAS working from home guidance
ACAS has produced new guidance for employers on managing staff who are working from home or have asked to work from home. The topic included in the guidance include: Having a homeworking policy Employees requesting to work from home Pay and terms and conditions.
Reporting PAYE information in real time when payments are made early at Christmas
HMRC published an article in its October 2021 Employer Bulletin covering the Christmas easement – here is a reminder of the actions businesses need to take. If you pay early over the Christmas period, they ask that you report your normal (or contractual) payday as the payment date on your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and ensure that the FPS is submitted...
Resources related to encouraging Covid boosters
The is a range of resource material available for businesses that want to encourage their employees to get their booster shot. You can read more and download a poster here.
DWP offers Kickstart guidance on filling vacancies
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has produced a one-pager for businesses with five tips on how to fill your Kickstart vacancy swiftly and successfully. The tips are: Make sure you know who at the local jobcentre can support your recruitment process Re-read your job description You can promote your own job Have you...
Updates to guidance for businesses with apprentices
Further updates to the guidance for businesses with apprentices now: remove the apprentices on furlough section, now that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has ended reflect Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education extending end-point assessment discretions and flexibilities remove the following temporary flexibilities: permitting email confirmation as evidence of achievement of qualifications where awarding organisations...
Kickstart Scheme applications close on 17 December
All the guidance for the Kickstart Scheme has been updated to confirm that the scheme will close for applications on 17 December 2021. After this date businesses will not be able to: apply for a new Kickstart Scheme grant add more jobs to an existing grant agreement However, they will process applications submitted before this...
Recruiting prison leavers
The New Futures Network (NFN) is a specialist part of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, brokering partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales. It upholds that “these partnerships help businesses fill skills gaps and prison leavers find employment”. On 21 October, the Ministry of Justice will be hosting a free interactive virtual...
Government consultation on flexible working
Every employee in Great Britain will be given the right to request flexible working – regardless of time served – under government plans to “modernise the way we work”. Under the plans – delivering on a commitment set out in the government’s 2019 manifesto – around 2.2 million more people will be given the right...
Kickstart Scheme guidance consolidated
The guidance on the Kickstart Scheme has been updated and consolidated. The Kickstart guidance has now been placed into a new series of documents to make it easier for businesses to undertake and navigate. The new guidance documents are on the links below: Kickstart Scheme for employers How the Kickstart Scheme works Getting young people...