6 May 2020 Blog 5 Steps to protect your food supply chain from fraud The RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) seized two illegal shipments of horsemeat in Europe in the last week... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
6 May 2020 Blog Support for care homes: re-use of medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic The Department has issued new guidance for care homes and hospices about using medicines labelled for one patient who no longer needs them for another patient... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 May 2020 Blog New employment practice directions address impact of Covid-19 Three new or revised employment tribunal practice directions have been published in recent weeks, as the system continues to grapple with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 May 2020 Blog How should charities start preparing for the post-furlough world? For charities that have used the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to furlough workers during the pandemic, the furlough scheme has provided welcome and significant financial support - although the evolving guidance may have caused some additional headaches... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 May 2020 Blog JCT and COVID-19 Developments In March I posted a blog on JCT Coronavirus (COVID-19). Over 6 weeks on, here are some thoughts about JCT and COVID-19 Developments... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 May 2020 Blog COVID-19 cyber-attacks against healthcare organisations It seems that COVID-19 isn’t the only virus healthcare organisations are having to fight, they are also the target of ongoing cyber-attacks... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 May 2020 Blog Special educational needs for children and young persons in lockdown The starting point in considering the current situation in lockdown are the relevant provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the Act) which came into force on the 31 March 2020... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
5 May 2020 Blog Health and care regulator announces new Emergency Support Framework CQC on 1 May published details of its Emergency Support Framework setting out how it will work with health and social care providers registered with it during the pandemic, and for a period afterwards. Up until now all routine inspections have been paused... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
5 May 2020 Blog Stability for the higher education sector The Office for Students is consulting on a new temporary Condition of Registration for maintaining the “integrity and stability” of the English Higher Education sector. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
4 May 2020 Blog How should charities be supporting their BAME employees and volunteers during the coronavirus pandemic? Recent research and media reports have highlighted that people from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill with Covid-19... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
4 May 2020 Blog ECJ gives guidance on how to determine employment status of Yodel couriers The European Court of Justice has given some important new guidance on how to draw the dividing line between a worker and a self-employed contractor in claims seeking to assert workers’ rights such as holiday pay... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
3 May 2020 Blog Change to Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme eligibility criteria published – could your charity benefit? The rules for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) changed at the end of last week, to remove the requirement for registered charities to generate more than half of their income from trading activities in order to be eligible for the scheme... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read