Government furlough puts halt to pay freeze plans

Research released (8 April) by the Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) has indicated that the proportion of employers planning to cancel or defer pay rises has dropped since the announcement of the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 20 March 2020. The findings follow a snap survey carried about by the industry body before the scheme was launched, which found that as many as 33% employers planned to make changes such as reduce working hours, impose leave or cut pay due to COVID-19. The latest snap survey among 213 medium to large employers (covering around 1.3 e...