New guidance released from the UK government announced a number of measures needed on UK’s ‘road-map to return’ to work.
The Scottish position on this was not clear until 27 March 2020 when the Lord President issued Guidance on Compliance with Court Orders relating to Parental Responsibilities and Rights.
COVID-19/ Coronavirus and insolvencies – is the relaxation of wrongful trading laws a complete relief for directors?
Business leaders, risk managers and HR professionals will need to ensure there is clarity and provide as much certainty and advice to their employees as possible during what is an extremely unnerving time for them.
Financial matters in relation to Family law issues – can settlements still take place? Are settlement agreements enforceable in this current climate?
An outbreak in altruism and British spirit….difficult times and difficult conversations ahead
As we have seen, the Government is doing what it can to support businesses and employees with a furloughing scheme, loans, deferment of tax payments, business rate holidays and protection from landlords and more to come. That will help alleviate concerns to an extent, but with everyone now advised to stay at home & work from home, consumer demand and confidence is at a very low ebb for some businesses and non-existent for others.
The Chancellor has this evening announced a financial support package which is similar in some respects to the “furloughing” measures announced earlier this week – the Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
