“Redwing support has allowed us to continue to grow the business as planned.”
Simon Forrest, Chambers & Cook
Handling an investigation into misconduct in your Day Nursery, Pre-school or Out of School Club
One of the important roles Managers and Deputies will perform for their employer is to investigate allegations of misconduct in their Day Nursery, Pre-school or Out of School Club. It's a role that can be done really well with relatively little training or...
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Are you claiming COVID SSP under the Coronavirus SSP Rebate Scheme?
Many employers are claiming COVID SSP back from the HMRC under the Coronavirus Rebate Scheme. Most often it is because they have had an employee self-isolate due to Coronavirus. You can claim for employees after you have paid them SSP, not before. There is up to 14...
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What do we do if we think that our employee is breaching the national lockdown?
We are now at the end of the third week of the latest English lockdown that started on 4 January. If my green recyling bin could talk it would tell you just how well I am coping! It is known that people's attitudes towards restrictions can lapse over time as...
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Why asking for help is a sign of strength not weakness
"Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto". This is a phrase I have heard many times in the last 10 years. I even had it as a sign on my wall at one point. Its definitely something I need to remind myself of from time to time especially when I find myself expressing another...
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What are the dangers of forcing staff to be tested and/or vaccinated for COVID-19?
With the announcement on Monday 4th January that early years settings were to remain open to all despite the national lockdown, many are asking for Early Years' staff to be offered vaccines by the Government. Whilst we do not know whether the Government will change...
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Coronavirus & Furlough FAQ for employees
We thought you might find it useful if we did a Coronavirus FAQ looking at some of the popular questions, employee's have of their employer during this time. What can I do for my employer of if I am furloughed? Very little. You can be asked to attend meetings either...
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Why you need an Employee Handbook in your Day Nursery, Pre-school or Out of School Club
Why you need an Employee Handbook in your Day Nursery, Pre-school or Out of School Club Once the preserve of bigger businesses, it is now widely recognised that all sizes of organisation benefit from having a well written Employee Handbook. Yet, we often speak to new...
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Shielding after 2nd December- What employers need to know
Now that England is out of Lockdown 2.0 the belief that Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) employees should shield seems to have passed. This presents a number of issues for employers. Specifically that their employees may still feel uncomfortable coming to work,...
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HMRC to crack down hard on Furlough fraud
Now that the Government has extended the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme it is no surprise that they have released further guidance as to how they intend to tackle furlough fraud. There's several ways in which furlough fraud can occur: It can be any amount the...
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Holiday & Furlough – What are the rules?
We have been asked a few times over the last 2 weeks (since the announcement that the CJRS would be extended) what are the rules relating to holidays and the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will have on holidays taken in November and December 2020. Holidays...
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much appreciated”
Chris D. Redditch