The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development have issued some advice for employers on how to handle a phased return to work. The Job Retention Scheme remains important for most businesses, though, and has saved an estimated 374,000 jobs so far. The CIPD has warned that changes to JRS will be required to avoid permanent redundancies in the future, with a survey showing that Scottish employers back the CIPD’s calls to extend the Job Retention Scheme and to make it more flexible to allow short-time working. You can read the return-to-work guidance here and access their coronavirus hub here: https://www.cipd.co.uk/news-views/coronavirus