Employers' guide: Ending furlough and requiring employees to return to work

As the vaccine programme accelerates and lockdown gradually starts to lift, many employers will be turning their attention to unfurloughing their workforce and/or encouraging their employees to return to the workplace.

As this process begins, there are a number of factors to consider from a legal standpoint and our employment lawyers at Markel Law are receiving questions from employers about how to do things properly.

In this article, Markel Law’s employment law expert, Hannah Thomas, lays out the answers to the most common employer uncertainties.