Global employers have a number of challenges to address due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, including have to monitor the variety...
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On 20 March 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme). The...
The restrictions recently introduced by governments to counteract the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are forcing employees to work...
In the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, contracting authorities (including central government departments, executive...
On 19 March 2020, the EU Commission published a Temporary Framework for state aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19...
Italian government has published a number of decrees since the Covid-19 outbreak. They introduce a number of restrictions that have...
Just weeks after the first reported cases, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all areas of public life in Europe. German law enforcement...
The UK Financial Conduct Authority's helpful page with information for firms on COVID-19 includes a number of noteworthy items: There is...
As employers worldwide manage their response to the COVID-19 outbreak, their understandable focus has been on the immediate consequences...
As COVID-19 (the coronavirus) becomes more widespread, we have highlighted a selection of impacts on financial services firms with a view...
The Bank of England and the UK Treasury have taken drastic measures to respond to widely-expected disruption to the UK economy caused by...
Life insurers in particular breathed a welcome sigh of relief on 11 March when, as part of a co-ordinated move with measures affecting...