Can employees on furlough take a holiday? what you should know before the rules change

Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” Depp and The Sun have hired some of Britain’s highest-profile lawyers, and pre-trial hearings have already exposed radically differing accounts of Heard and Depp's tempestuous marriage. The Sun’s lawyers tried to have the suit thrown out on the grounds that Depp failed to disclose text messages he exchanged with an assistant showing that he tried to buy “MDMA and other narcotics” while he was in Australia with Heard in 2015.

coronavirus in England.Since mid-March when the UK went into lockdown, millions of vulnerable people whose conditions made them susceptible to serious complications have been forced to stay indoors virtually the whole time, reports the Mirror.It was only on June 1 that they were allowed out for the first time to exercise outdoors.Now a government plan to allow people those who are shielding to go out has been revealed.

employees that could mean a change to their working pattern and pay. Rules for the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme changed last week with the introduction of ‘flexible furlough’ on July 1.

Olivia de Havilland, one of the stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, is celebrating another year of life. The multiple-time Oscar winner, known for her performance as Melanie Wilkes in the 1939 film “Gone with the Wind," rang in her 104th birthday on Wednesday.

Mirror, six of the UK's major banks, including Barclays and HSBC, have introduced new security checks for all customers who transfer cash to friends, family, businesses and other payees.

coronavirus pandemic.A six-month exemption for the annual motor check was granted in March as the UK went into lockdown.But with measures now easing across the UK, MOT tests for cars, motorcycles and vans will once again be made mandatory in England, Scotland and Wales, bringing an end to the extension scheme.Roads minister Baroness Vere has announced that from August 1, MOT tests are madatory.Drivers with an MOT due date prior to August 1 will continue to receive a six-month exemption from the

NBC News.The spokesperson did not say how many individuals were laid off or which departments were affected, though the cuts were layoffs as opposed to just furloughs.Laid off employees will receive severance pay, subsidized health benefits and help with professional reemployment, according to the spokesperson.Also Read: 'Jurassic World: Dominion' to Resume Production at UK Pinewood Studios by Early July“We have made the difficult decision to reduce our Parks & Resorts workforce across multiple

A LEADING trade union has warned North Lanarkshire Council that the local authority’s furlough scheme “must not be a waiting room for redundancy”.Councils across Scotland, including North Lanarkshire, announced last week that they have applied to the UK Government’s job retention scheme to fund their staff.Johanna Baxter, Unison Scotland head of local government, said: “The fact that Scottish councils are having to apply for funding from the Westminster furlough scheme is a damning indictment of

coronavirus crisis. The Scottish Government's economic advisory group, chaired by Benny Higgins, revealed that 628,200 people have been put on furlough since lockdown began on March 23 and some 146,000 claims have been made to the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.

the Reformer : “The UK Government’s furlough schemes have been essential in keeping people in employment throughout the coronavirus pandemic, including thousands of people in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC Studios has extended its use of the British government’s furlough scheme for fixed-term contract and PAYE freelancers until the end of August.The production arm started making use of the scheme — which pays 80% of a individuals’ salary up to £2,500 a month — in April.

Lisa Vanderpump, 59, responded to the firing of Stassi Schroeder, 31, Kristen Doute, 37, Max Boyens, and Brett Caprioni from Vanderpump Rules on June 10 after the cast members were axed from the reality series for racist behavior. The British restaurateur took to Instagram on June 10, and while she didn’t directly acknowledge her cast members’ exits from the series, it’s pretty obvious she’s talking about their actions and recent firings.

Covid-19 pandemic. In total, 8.9 million jobs have been furloughed since the furlough scheme launched at a cost of £19.6 billion to the UK Government so far.