The order to stay at home can cause anxiety for those who are experiencing or feel at risk of domestic abuse. As an employer, you can play an important role in reassuring staff that they can still leave their home if they are experiencing domestic abuse and that there is still support available, including online support, helplines, refuges and the police. 'Live Fear Free' can provide help and advice to: anyone experiencing domestic abuse anyone...
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Barclays' 100x100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme are making 100 donations of £100,000 each to UK charities working to support vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19, and the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis. The programme will focus on supporting charity partners who are meeting the immediate needs of people in our communities, including low-income families, those facing financial hardship, isolated elderly people and key workers. UK registered charities are invited to apply...
The UK government have issued guidance on how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the coronavirus pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance. It is designed to help employers understand their legal obligations, in terms of workers who: continue to work have been placed on furlough as part of the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) Furloughed workers Workers who have been placed on furlough continue to accrue statutory holiday...
The webinar will take the form of a panel discussion and explore how organisations are providing opportunities to learn during lockdown, how lockdown has changed the way we think about learning, and what the Bevan Foundation and The Open University in Wales are doing to ensure more people have the ability to learn flexibly and at distance. It will be of particular interest to: employers of workers in the foundational economy employers of newly remote...
The Welsh Government has updated their Guidance under regulation 7A of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020 for employers. The ‘Taking all reasonable measures to maintain physical distancing in the workplace’ guidance includes: General principles Reasonable Measures Enforcement Review For further information please visit the GOV.Wales website. Please visit the Business Wales Coronavirus advice for businesses pages for information for your business on dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak.
Check your eligibility for coronavirus testing and find out how to get tested. Wales’ national testing plan for Covid-19 has two main aims – to reduce the harm caused by coronavirus and to help the public and professionals get back to their normal daily lives. The Welsh Government has produced guidance on the current testing process in Wales including: when to apply for a test when to take the test critical workers – read more...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) declared 24 March 2020 and subsequent days, interrupted days. An ‘interrupted day’ is a day in which the normal course of business at the IPO is not possible. The IPO will review again on 22 June 2020. This means that most deadlines for: patents supplementary protection certificates trade marks designs And applications for these rights, which fall on an interrupted day will be extended. To help rights holders, businesses and...
Due to COVID-19 many organisations are facing significant challenges. In response to this WRAP Cymru have implemented changes to the £6.5 million Circular Economy Fund, which are designed to support even more organisations and more quickly. In addition to funding the use of recycled materials in products, WRAP Cymru is now able to support preparation for re-use, refurbishment and re-manufacturing activities in Wales. These include the production of sustainable goods to aid the global fight...
The Welsh Government has given clear guidance on: self-isolation staying at home and away from others On 26 March 2020, the government stepped up measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus and outlined which businesses and premises should close. This guidance has been updated on 12 May 2020, please visit the GOV.Wales website for further information.
Trade Credit Insurance provides cover to hundreds of thousands of business to business transactions, particularly in non-service sectors, such as manufacturing and construction. It insures suppliers selling goods against the company they are selling to defaulting on payment, giving businesses the confidence to trade with one another. But due to Coronavirus and businesses struggling to pay bills, they risk having credit insurance withdrawn, or premiums increasing to unaffordable levels. To prevent this from happening, the...