HR & Staff
How to Flexi Furlough
Over the weekend the government has published updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough), setting out the pathway to the phasing out of the scheme. It provides details […]
Working from home
The rules for employees in relation to ‘use of home as office’ contain a specific exemption from a tax charge. They allow payments made by employers to employees for additional […]
How to reclaim coronavirus statutory sick pay
You may remember when details of the furlough scheme were first published the government made it clear that employers could recover the first 14 days SSP for anyone off with […]
April 19th Further Furlough Guidance
Late Friday night the government issued 2 further documents to help employers to apply for furlough payments when the Portal Opens on April 20th. The government have finally given some […]
Yet more guidance on the Furlough scheme
Apologies for yet another bulletin but both HMRC and the treasury have today issued more guidance on the operation of the furlough scheme. HMRC has today published a fourth update […]
Further guidance on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
This latest, 9th April update to the Guidance on the Scheme continues to add detail to how the Scheme will operate and, most importantly for those affected, the circumstances in […]
Letter To The Shadow Chancellor Of The Exchequer
Dear Anneliese (Dodds), Thank you for your email and we are delighted to be able to provide input regarding the current plight of the self employed and small business community. […]
The Dickensian Plight of the 21st Century Self Employed!!
The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on businesses throughout the world and when things get back to normal there will be difficulties not only for the owners of […]
Updated Coronavirus Job Retention Guidance
HMRC has on, April 4th, published an update to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Shown below are the points which have been clarified from the original guidance a copy of […]
Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions
Since the guidance was issued by HMRC on Friday we have developed a further set of FAQs which should help to answer most queries. It is important to emphasise this […]
#IAmSolo
At YBC we have long since believed that the 6 million strong community of self employed people and director led businesses are ignored by government. The outbreak of Coronavirus has […]
April 2020 Limits
Every April the government increases the statutory rates for redundancy pay, sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay. The new rates are shown below. EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL COMPENSATION […]