Employers offered more time to come clean on furlough errors
The Government has extended the window of opportunity it is giving businesses to own up to furlough fraud, giving employers...
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Retail and food sectors on furlough life support as more job cuts loom
Each month families are saving hundreds of pounds because they cannot get to shops and restaurants or spend on holidays,...
The furlough loophole employers are using to underpay redundant staff
A loophole in the Government’s Job Retention scheme is allowing employers to pay their furloughed staff reduced wages during their...
One in four new mothers ‘illegally’ singled out for redundancy or furlough
One in four new or soon-to-be mothers have faced discrimination at work during the coronavirus lockdown by being singled out...
Thousands spared from income cliff-edge as furlough scheme extended for new parents
Thousands of new mothers and fathers have been spared from a cliff-edge income drop when their parental leave ends, as...
Furlough exclusion leaves new mothers facing income blackhole
Thousands of new mothers who cannot find childcare risk losing their job or facing a sudden drop in income because...
Japan’s IHI, JR West furlough thousands as demand plummets
TOKYO -- Leading Japanese companies including IHI and West Japan Railway have joined the growing ranks of businesses furloughing employees to...
Top Japanese companies furlough thousands as demand plummets
TOKYO -- Leading Japanese companies including IHI and West Japan Railway have joined the growing ranks of businesses furloughing employees to...
Sunak faces tricky balancing act in ending furlough scheme
Sunak has extended the scheme until October, but the devil will be in this week's detail. The Chancellor has signalled that from...
250,000 firms could lay off workers as Sunak mulls furlough withdrawal
As many as 250,000 businesses could be forced to lay off staff because they cannot contribute to wage bills as the...
