Please find below the latest Businesses and Employers Bulletin from Government. This includes:
Leather UK has been involved in a number of discussions and webinars, regarding returning to work during COVID-19. Here is a summary of points, gleaned from those conversations, that may be of use in developing a plan for returning to work. guidance - return to work planning This guidance is not provided as legal advice and should not be treated as such. However, if you are experiencing issues with returning employees to work, please let us know and we will help as much as we can.
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Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) business webinars – find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure
The UK Government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help ensure workplaces in England are as safe as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. Join a free webinar, hosted by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to find out more about how to make your workplace COVID-secure.
The webinars cover a range of different types of workplace settings which are allowed to be open. Many businesses operate more than one type of workplace, such as an office, factory and fleet of vehicles. You may need to use more than one of the guides/webinars as you think through what you need to do to keep people safe.
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Covid-19 SME Guidance
NCSC has today published guidance to support businesses moving from physical to digital delivery as part of the ongoing Covid-19 response. The guidance has been created specifically to support businesses who are relying more heavily on IT services to run their business. The NCSC is committed to equipping all UK businesses with the best cyber security advice. The support package includes guidance on home working, video teleconferencing and spotting email scams related to Covid-19. All additional and pre-existing guidance for business can be found on the NCSC webpage.
Pick for Britain helps bring workers and employers together
The UK Government and Prince of Wales have urged students and furloughed workers to apply for seasonal farm work. As part of efforts to support British farmers and growers to recruit workers throughout the harvest period, the UK Government launched the Pick for Britain website in partnership with industry to help match up available opportunities with local jobseekers.
Check the tax rules on waiving your income or donating to charity
HMRC advice for people choosing to give up their income to support their business or donate to charity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Apprenticeship programme response
Updated with information on training and assessing apprentices in line with the Government’s new safer working guidelines, calculating wages for furloughed apprentices, off-the-job training, and redundant apprentices.
Capacity Market: proposal to relax the rules temporarily in response to COVID-19
The UK Government response to this consultation has been published. The response outlines how the Government intends to implement the majority of proposals outlined in the coronavirus (COVID-19) easements consultation. The easements will be temporary and only remain in place as long as necessary.
Transition - the future relationship between the UK and EU
The UK is in a transition period until the end of 2020 while the UK and EU negotiate additional arrangements. The current rules on trade, travel, and business for the UK and EU will continue to apply during the transition period up to 31 December 2020. New rules will take effect on 1 January 2021.To help businesses keep up to date, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy publishes a free, sister Transition Bulletin alongside the Covid-19 Bulletin for Business.
Details of how to subscribe can be found below. The next Transition bulletin will be published on Thursday 21 May 2020. Subscribe to the Transition Businesses and Employers Bulletin by visiting Gov Delivery Subscriptions: i) Add Subscriptions, and ii) check 'Transition Bulletin' to subscribe to receive regular email updates.
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