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BESA Noon Webinar 8 October 2020

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BESA Noon Webinar

8 October 2020

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AGENDA

All slides and a recording of the webinar are available on the website later this afternoon

• CBI Update• Understanding the Job Support Scheme• Training & Skills Update• Tax Updates• H&S updates including guidance on face coverings• Covid19 Legislation - Employer and employees duties if someone needs to isolate• Latest advice on air conditioning and ventilation in the office• Devolved Nations Update• Q&A

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JOB SUPPORT SCHEME

• FINAL PHASE OF CORONAVIRUS JOB RETENTION SCHEME

• ENDS ON 31 OCTOBER

• FINAL CLAIMS ON OR BEFORE 30 NOVEMBER

• JOB SUPPORT SCHEME

• WILL OPEN ON 1 NOVEMBER AND RUN FOR 6 MONTHS

• EMPLOYER CONTINUES TO PAY FOR HOURS WORKED

• COST OF HOURS NOT WORKED SPLIT BETWEEN EMPLOYER (WAGE REDUCTION),

GOVERNMENT (WAGE SUPPORT) AND EMPLOYEE

• EMPLOYEES WILL EARN A MINIMUM OF 77% OF NORMAL WAGES

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JOB SUPPORT SCHEME

GRANT:

• Employer and Government to pay third each of time not worked capped at £697.92 per month

• NICs and pension payable by employer

• Normal wages based on usual pay/hours

• Paid in arrears (no advance)

• Employers able to top up wages beyond the two-thirds

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EXAMPLESHours Employee Worked

33% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Hours Employee Not Working

67% 60% 50% 40% 30%

Employee Earnings (% of normal wages)

78% 80% 83% 87% 90%

Gov’t Grant (% of normal wages)

22% 20% 17% 13% 10%

Employer Cost (% normal wages)

55% 60% 67% 73% 80%

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ELIGIBILITY -EMPLOYERS

• ALL UK BUSINESSES (WITH UK BANK ACCOUNT) ARE ELIGIBLE TO MAKE USE OF THE SCHEME

• DO NOT NEED TO HAVE CLAIMED UNDER THE CJRS

• PROTECT VIABLE JOBS (BUSINESSES FACING LOWER DEMAND OVER THE WINTER MONTHS)

• WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (CONTRACT VARIATION)

• SME’S AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE

• LARGER BUSINESSES WILL NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE SEEN A FALL IN TURNOVER DUE TO THE PANDEMIC

• Financial assessment test

• further guidance expected to clarify what constitutes a larger business

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Scheme intended to protect viable jobs only - it is not

designed for employees who are unable to work any hours at all.

Do not need to have been furloughed previously

Minimum of 33% of normal hours to be worked (may change in the

future)

Must have been on company’s PAYE payroll on or before 23

September 2020 (this means a Real Time Information submission to HMRC must have been made

on or before this date)

Employees cannot be given notice of redundancy whilst being

claimed for under the Scheme

ELIGIBILITY - EMPLOYEES

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COMMUNICATING THE CHANGES

Employees should be provided a letter outlining the company’s intention to

use the scheme

Advisable to hold meetings with the workforce to

explain what the scheme and what they will be

expected to do

As with the CJRS employers need to agree

to change hours of work –in writing

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ALTERNATIVES TO REDUNDANCY

• JOB RETENTION BONUS – COMPANY USING THE JOB SUPPORT SCHEME WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM

• one-off taxable payment of £1,000 for each eligible employee (previously furloughed/continuously employed until 31 January/satisfy minimum income threshold (£1,560))

• payment to the employer (not employee)

• can be claimed between 15 February and 31 March 2021

• not serving contractual or statutory notice

• LAY-OFF/SHORT-TIME WORKING

• REDUCE EMPLOYEE HOURS/PAY (BY AGREEMENT)

• RECRUITMENT FREEZE

• REDEPLOY STAFF

• LOANING LABOUR – BESA LOANING OF LABOUR AGREEMENT

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Helen YeuletDirector of Training & Skills

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Winter Economic Statement

• “Pay as you grow scheme” – CIBILS and Bounce back loans can be extended to 10 years• Extending the deadline to apply for CIBIL and the Future Fund to the end of November • Deferring repayments of VAT • Upgrading the Time to Pay service for self-assessment • VAT Reverse – still coming in on 1st March 2021• IR35 – 6th April 2021

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HEALTH AND SAFETY UPDATE

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R NUMBER IS GOING UP IN MOST AREAS

CURRENT R NUMBERSUK =1.3-1.6Scotland = 1.5-1.7Wales = 1.3-1.6Northern Ireland = 1.8-2.0

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WHERE CAN I FIND R NUMBER INFORMATION

• UKhttps://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-r-number-in-the-uk• Waleshttps://gov.wales/advice-coronavirus-technical-advisory-cell• Scotlandhttps://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-data-for-scotland/• Northern Irelandhttps://www.health-ni.gov.uk/news/r-number-covid-19

CHECK THE LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITE FOR THE AREA YOU ARE TRAVELLING TO

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HOW A VIRUS WITH A BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER (RO) OF 2 SPREADS IN A NON-IMMUNE POPULATION

The R number=The amount of people each person with Covid-19 is infecting

with the virus. If that number goes above one, the

number of people becoming infected with the virus will grow quickly leading to tens of thousands of

additional deaths.

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THE HEALTH PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2020 THE HEALTH PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2020 SET OUT MANDATORY

PERIODS FOR SELF-ISOLATION,

• If an employer has a worker who has tested positive for COVID-19 (or lives with someone who has tested positive), they are now responsible for stopping the worker from working (unless they can work from home). If they fail to do so, employers will face a fine, starting at £1,000.

Employers be aware of Regulation 7. • It is an offence for an employer to knowingly permit a worker (including an agency worker) to

attend any place other than where they are self-isolating; they must not be at work! • This includes individuals who are required to self-isolate because they live with someone who has

tested positive.• There is also an obligation on the worker to tell their employer that they are self-isolating (Reg 8)• Anyone who breaches self-isolation will, normally, commit a separate criminal offence (Reg 11)

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/129/contents/made

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UPDATES ON CLC FACE COVERING GUIDANCE

Where they should be worn:

• In an enclosed space

• Where social distancing isn’t always possible

• Where workers come into contact with others they do not normally meet

Find a copy of the update by following the link

http://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Use-of-Face-Coverings-in-Construction-during-Coronavirus.pdf

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AREAS OF CONCERN

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CICV FORUM SCOTLANDHTTP://CICVFORUM.CO.UK/

• Helping members working in Scotland through the COVID-19 crisis with lots of advice, guidance, presentations and template documents.

• COVID-19 Construction Operating Guidance

• Guidance for Domestic Workers

• Template documents for domestic workers

• COVID-19 Posters

• Weekend Campaign

”Be Like Campbell”

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BESA Health And Safety Advisor

E [email protected]

BESA COVID19 GUIDANCE-Specialist guidance from your BESA team relating to Covid19 / Coronavirus

https://www.thebesa.com/covid19/besa-covid19-guidance/

HSE Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice

https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/index.htm

UK Government COVID-19 Guidance & Support

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Construction and other outdoor work-Guidance for people who work in or run outdoor working environments.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/construction-and-other-outdoor-work

BESA Legionella information

Legionella considerations when re-activating buildings – Ed Morris, Altecnic Ltd

USEFUL LINKS

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Technical Update

• VG002 Practical measures update• Brexit• F-Gas Regulation review

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Revision of the F-Gas RegulationProcess & timeline

June July-Sept Oct- Dec Jan-Mar Apr-June Dec

2020 2022-20232021

Public consultation + targeted interviews

Roadmap + Inception Impact Assessment

Consortium nominated: Ricardo, Öko-Recherche, Öko-Institut

Stakeholder workshop: presentation preliminary findings

Impact Assessment concluded

Proposal for a revision

Ordinary legislative procedure (European Parliament & Council)

Adoption expected in 2023

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F-Gas developmentsFollow-up AREA F-gas survey

evolution rather than revolution : maintain the main provisions of the Regulation and build on them

Training & certification: include alternative refrigerants What system? Legal basis? Within the F-Gas Regulation (enlarge scope) or as a stand-alone piece of

legislation?

Phase-down Do not accelerate Include TEWI? How? How to address illegal trade in the Regulation?

Bans Any clarification required?

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Iain McCaskeyHead of Devolved Nations

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Q&A

David Frise Chief Executive, BESA

Rebecca Crosland Health & Safety AdvisorGraeme Fox Head of TechnicalIain McCaskey Head of Devolved NationsDebbie Petford Director of Legal and Member ServicesPaula Samuels Head of Employment AffairsHelen Yeulet Director of Training & Skills

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COMING UP

Friday 9 October - Dyslexia in Engineering Day - As part of National Dyslexia Awareness week, this Friday sees the inaugural 'Dyslexia in Engineering Day'. To support this new important awareness day, BESA is hosting a webinar with a panel from across the industry to debate the issues.

Wednesday 14 October - Ventilation and Air Conditioning use in the post Covid world - We will be joined by Mark Grayston from Mitsubishi Electric and Wayne Buckley from Temperature Control to discuss some of the ventilation and heat recovery solutions available to building owners and occupiers.

Friday 16 October – BESA Associate Membership Launch - Membership category for individuals.

4 & 5 November – BESA Virtual Conference & Exhibition 2020 - BESA is bringing the sector together to discover, discuss and debate the key issues facing our industry – in a virtual conference environment.

www.thebesa.com/conference

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Thank you

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