A design agency has some staff on furlough who have been accruing holiday, whilst the staff still working have also not taken any holiday during the last three months. The business is worried about a) burnout and b) being left in a situation where everyone wants to take all their holiday in the last quarter of the year.

We’ll explore how to manage holidays at this unique time, and what you can and can’t do within the law.

A design agency has some people currently on furlough. They are looking to make half of these redundant and bring the other half back into the business end of July. 

We’ll explore whether the redundancy process can be managed while staff are on furlough and how best to manage it, including the legalities you must adhere to as an employer. 

A design agency has some people currently on furlough. They want to bring them all back but will need to negotiate new contracts with everyone so it can be afforded. 

We’ll explore how to manage those contract changes which might include working hours (shift to part time) or reduction of salary.  

A design agency wants to bring furloughed staff back on a part time basis. 

With changes to the furloughing scheme due to rollout this summer, we’ll explore how ‘part-time furloughing’ may work and what you should be mindful of for your business.  

A small agency is looking for alternatives to making redundancies because they feel they need all the skills from the current staff in their recovery. 

We’ll explore the alternatives to redundancies such as flexible working, rotas, reduced hours, part time working, job shares. We’ll look at how these should be approached and implemented, whether these can be temporary or permanent changes and the issues you should be mindful of.  

A design agency who has managed working from home quite well and is thinking about how they move back to the office in a scaled down way, with not everyone in the studio at the same time. 

We’ll explore what changes you may need to make to your policies both for the return to the office and home working, health and safety, and wider considerations of this set-up on your team and business.