Legal update on businesses utilising temporary staff during periods of strike action
Blog post written by JMW Solictiors LLP Presently, there are certain rules about businesses temporarily engaging with agency workers whilst their existing workforce are participating in industrial striking action. Particularly relevant is regulation 7 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/3319), also known as the ‘Conduct Regulations’. Regulation 7 […]
How Umbrella Companies Helped During Furlough
Blog post written in collaboration with Clipper Contracting. Up until the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the term ‘furlough’ was little known in the UK. Unlike our neighbours across the pond and other European nations, the UK didn’t have an existing ‘short-time work’ scheme and so the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or CJRS) […]
