Statutory Sick Pay from day one for those affected by coronavirus As part of emergency legislation to deal with coronavirus, the Prime Minister has announced that Statutory Sick Pay will be made available from day one when self-isolating, instead of day four. The change will be temporary to respond to the outbreak and will lapse […]
Ovo Energy to pay £8.9m for overcharging customers Regulators has made Ovo repay customers it overcharged. Customers who paid too much will receive an average of £131.20 each. Ovo is also making a payment into a voluntary redress fund to help vulnerable customers Wonga borrowers to receive only 4.3% of compensation claims People who have […]
Paid bereavement leave From April, The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill (“Jack’s Law”) will come into force and allow parents who lose a child under the age of 18 to take leave as either a single block of two weeks, or as two separate blocks of one week each. Under the new rules, people […]
QuickQuid, UK’s largest payday lending firm, in adminstration QuickQuid has gone into administration following compensation claims from customers who say they were mis-sold loans they could not afford. The administrator confirmed that here would be no new lending by the firm and that customers should continue to make payments as usual. Borrowers who believe they […]
Thomas Cook customers seeking refunds warned to beware of scams Fraudsters are suspected of targeting a website created to refund Thomas Cook customers, the Civil Aviation Authority said. Customers of Thomas Cook are being warned to use only the official website for refunds: thomascook.caa.co.uk/refunds. This follows warnings of a suspicious Thomas Cook refund website encouraging […]