Employment

Teachers at thousands of schools in England will walk out on Wednesday 5 July and Friday 7 July as part of strike action over ongoing disputes relating to pay. Below we round-up your rights if you need to take the day off work due to your child's school being closed.

Applications for the fifth and final self-employment income support scheme (SEISS) grant have now CLOSED, marking the end of this particular Government scheme. For your reference, we've kept information in this guide about how SEISS worked. The guide also briefly runs through the measures still available if you're self-employed and continuing to struggle because of coronavirus.

Applications for the fifth and final self-employment income support scheme (SEISS) grant have now CLOSED, marking the end of this particular Government scheme. For your reference, we've kept information in this guide about how SEISS worked, and who was able to apply.

After a year and a half the furlough scheme – where employees could receive up to 80% of their wage subsidised by state funds if they couldn't work because of the pandemic or lockdown – has now closed. For your reference, we've kept information in this guide about how furlough worked whilst it was running. The guide also sets out what help is STILL available for employees, such as statutory sick pay and working-from-home tax support.

Self-employed borrowers can once more take out credit cards with Sainsbury's Bank as it has reversed temporary coronavirus lending restrictions, which saw it stop issuing new credit cards to the self-employed. Here's what it means for you.