The ‘Pingdemic’

Self-isolation rules to be relaxed for double-jabbed key workers, Boris Johnson announces In the first week of July 2021, the NHS Test and Trace app ‘pinged’ 500,000 people, and as a result many businesses were experiencing staff shortages. Staff shortages were...

Four-day week ‘an overwhelming success’ in Iceland

Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an “overwhelming success” and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said. The trials took place between 2015 and 2019, and saw workers paid the same amount for shorter hours. Productivity...

Furlough ending too soon, say business groups

The Government is facing calls to delay the phasing out of its furlough scheme amid warnings of the impact on the UK’s recovery from the pandemic. The Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (CJRS, or furlough) faces changes from today (1 July 2021). Employers will...

CITB faces collective grievance over incorrect furlough pay

Issues with the board payroll have resulted in some CITB employees receiving too much furlough pay under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and some receiving too little. Hundreds of CITB employees were placed on furlough in the first 2020 lockdown. Almost...