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          September

          • 15 Sep 2020

            Employment Law

            EmpLaw Newsletter September 2020

            September and October this year see the scaling back of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme under which millions of employees have been placed on furlough while the Government issued grants to employers to cover the cost of their wages.

          • 09 Sep 2020

            Employee Benefits

            Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update as at 9 Sept 2020

            We hope our clients, their employees, our intermediary partners, their families and communities are coping with the many challenges we all continue to face. We are pleased to extend our approach in respect of staff who have been furloughed or have had their salary/hours reduced, to the end of ...

          August

          • 11 Aug 2020

            Employee Benefits

            #ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q2 2020

            Our quarterly bulletin ICYMI (in case you missed it) cuts through the noise to bring substantive thought leadership that will make a difference to employers and employees. This round-up of the top recently published editorial and thought leadership content from Generali UK, covers a variety of ...

          July

          • 14 Jul 2020

            Employment Law

            EmpLaw Newsletter July 2020

            From this month the new Flexible Furlough Scheme is in operation. Under the old scheme an employee had to be furloughed for at least 21 days and could perform no work in that time. The new scheme allows for a furlough of any period and for employees to work part-time. Employees must be paid in ...

          June

          • 04 Jun 2020

            Employment Law

            EmpLaw Newsletter June 2020

            This month we are looking at the things that employers need to think about from an employment law perspective when starting on the journey to normal working. Much of this is common sense, but there are potential legal difficulties that employers can avoid by listening carefully to the concerns ...

          May

          • 05 May 2020

            Employee Benefits

            #ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q1 2020

            Our quarterly bulletin ICYMI (in case you missed it) cuts through the noise to bring substantive thought leadership that will make a difference to employers and employees. This round-up of the top recently published editorial and thought leadership content from Generali UK, covers a variety of ...

          April

          • 14 Apr 2020

            Employee Benefits

            A realistic guide for home working parents in a pandemic

            Let’s face it, trying to separate work and home life right now is really tough. And those who tell you otherwise probably aren’t working parents! The reality needs to be shared for the sake of everyone’s mental health.

          • 01 Apr 2020

            Employee Benefits

            COVID-19 employee communications and the five stages of grief

            What best practice can we take from our wellbeing partner LifeWorks by Morneau Shepell, based in Toronto, Canada? Here, we interview Paula Allen, Senior Vice President at Morneau Shepell and part of the core Covid-19 response team in the organisation.

          March

          • 20 Mar 2020

            Employment Law

            EmpLaw Newsletter March 2020

            Coronavirus COVID-19 update, Indirect discrimination, Unfair dismissal – criminal charges, Age discrimination – Shared parental pay, National minimum wage (NMW) consultation… .. and much more

          February

          • 14 Feb 2020

            Employment Law

            EmpLaw Newsletter February 2020

            Parental bereavement leave, Indirect discrimination, Harassment – Technical Guidance, National minimum wage, Equal pay .. and much more

          January

          • 24 Jan 2020

            Employee Benefits

            #ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q4 2019

            Our quarterly bulletin ICYMI (in case you missed it) cuts through the noise to bring substantive thought leadership that will make a difference to employers and employees. This round-up of the top recently published editorial and thought leadership content from Generali UK, covers a variety of ...

          • 07 Jan 2020

            Employee Benefits

            Embedded EAPs are not the poor relation, says Generali UK Employee Benefits

            Generali UK Employee Benefits today announces an expansion of its core EAP support services, brought to clients by Global Total Wellbeing Provider LifeWorks, in a move that it says will challenge the traditional long-held view by some in the industry that EAPs embedded within other products - ...

          • 07 Jan 2020

            Employment Law

            EmpLaw Newsletter January 2020

            Race discrimination, New ACAS guidance on Unfair dismissal, Worker status, Philosophical belief discrimination, Sex discrimination, Whistleblowing .. and much more