The government and HMRC have now published guidance on how the new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is intended to work. The guidance answers many questions asked since the announcement was made last week.

Employers and employees should be practical, flexible and sensitive to each other's situation when working from home because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

With the UK Chief Medical Officers advising individuals to self-isolate, either because they have returned from certain areas of the world since 19 February (currently, Iran, specific lockdown areas of Northern Italy,special care zones in South Korea and Hubei province in China) or because they have returned from other specific areas and have symptoms