28 August 2026

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Legal advice: Difficult decisions facing employers as furlough scheme ends

With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme drawing to a close at the end of September, many employers are facing some difficult decisions, writes Natasha Moore of Woodfines Solicitors...

COVID-19 pandemic reveals stark workplace inequalities

A report from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that workers in so-called ‘insecure’ jobs – i.e. agency workers or those on zero-hours contracts – are twice as likely to have died from COVID-19...

Employee rights in uncertain times

With businesses up and down the country face challenging times, some are sadly finding that they are having to close or take action to protect other parts of their business. But where does...

Your COVID-19 employment law questions answered by Woodfines Solicitors

Yesterday (Tuesday), Woodfines Solicitors in Bedford offered to respond to employment law questions from some of our readers. In the wake of recent...

Legal advice: COVID-19 and employment rights

As uncertainty and misinformation continue to surround the on-going outbreak of COVID-19, the team at Woodfines Solicitors in Bedford have...