Mar 25, 2020 Workplace issues arising from the coronavirus crisis – the international response By Anne-Kathrin Bertke Global employers have a number of challenges to address due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, including have to monitor the variety...
Mar 23, 2020 The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: practical questions for employers By Nicholas Squire Kathleen Healy Caroline Stroud Holly Insley David Mendel Kate Pumfrey +3 more... Show less On 20 March 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme). The...
Mar 23, 2020 Cross-border home working: a taxable presence for employers? By Toni Marciante The restrictions recently introduced by governments to counteract the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are forcing employees to work...
Mar 23, 2020 Are you contracting with the UK Government? Responding to COVID-19: procurement in cases of “extreme urgency” By Elizabeth Forster In the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, contracting authorities (including central government departments, executive...
Mar 20, 2020 EU Commission publishes emergency state aid rules in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak By Andreas von Bonin On 19 March 2020, the EU Commission published a Temporary Framework for state aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19...
Mar 20, 2020 COVID-19 hits Italy – Q&As for global employers By Maria Vittoria Dello Ioio Luca Capone Giovanni Fabris Italian government has published a number of decrees since the Covid-19 outbreak. They introduce a number of restrictions that have...
Mar 20, 2020 Criminal proceedings in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic By Daniel Travers Max Schwerdtfeger Just weeks after the first reported cases, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all areas of public life in Europe. German law enforcement...
Mar 18, 2020 UK financial regulator's approach to COVID-19 – including relief on recorded lines for traders By Daniel Newton The UK Financial Conduct Authority's helpful page with information for firms on COVID-19 includes a number of noteworthy items: There is...
Mar 18, 2020 COVID-19 – managing the impact on UK employee share plans By Holly Insley David Mendel As employers worldwide manage their response to the COVID-19 outbreak, their understandable focus has been on the immediate consequences...
Mar 13, 2020 Impact of COVID-19 – checklist for financial services firms By Mark Kalderon As COVID-19 (the coronavirus) becomes more widespread, we have highlighted a selection of impacts on financial services firms with a view...
Mar 12, 2020 COVID-19: a banking system redemption? By Michael Raffan The Bank of England and the UK Treasury have taken drastic measures to respond to widely-expected disruption to the UK economy caused by...
Mar 12, 2020 PRA and insurers react to COVID-19 By Lauren Honeyben Priti Lancaster Life insurers in particular breathed a welcome sigh of relief on 11 March when, as part of a co-ordinated move with measures affecting...