Is it necessary for workers to have a COVID vaccine to be able to work? Many of our clients, and ourselves, have come up with contractual expectations to only send ‘double jabbed’ workers to their client’s workspaces, regardless of where this is. Is this lawful? If yes, then it must meet some human rights and…
The Prime Minister has confirmed that Step 4 of the Roadmap out of lockdown restrictions will proceed as planned on 19 July.
COVID Roadmap. The Prime Minster’s announcement on 12th July, affecting the roadmap changes due on 19th July, has thrown up a whole heap of confusion.
Right to work checks: employing EU, EEA and Swiss citizens From 1 July 2021, new rules for right to work checks will apply and EU, EEA, or Swiss citizens will need to provide evidence of lawful immigration status in the UK. Up to 30th June, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens can use their EU passport/ID…
Date of Last Update: 15/06/2021 You can find the latest furlough scheme updates here: 15 June 2021 Remember, from the 1st July 2021, the level of grant will be reduced and Employers will be asked to contribute towards the cost of furloughed employees’ wages. To be eligible for the grant, the employer must continue to…
Hybrid working: the future is flexible, or is it? Following a year or more of home working, online meetings and IT reliance, businesses and their workers are now assessing how the future for workplace attendance looks. Is the future a hybrid version of home and office working? Throughout the last few months, there have been…
The Department of Health and Social Care have today (18 March 2021) issued a press release setting out future shielding guidance to those categorised as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV). Following the roadmap out of the national restrictions published by the Government, it is currently intended that from the 1 April 2021, at the earliest, those…
This question now being asked of us by some of our customers is to clarify when they will be able to return to work as “normal”. The government’s roadmap sets out four key steps on the way to this. Step one is where we are now, with schools and education resuming on site. If things…
With accruing holidays and the significant resourcing and financial issues these are starting to create…have you thought about an Easter shutdown? The pandemonium of the COVID virus in 2020 wreaked havoc with the way in which employees usually take holiday. Options for leave were severely limited due to lockdown restrictions, and workers were reticent about…
Sadly, as I write this article, the latest Covid-19 statistics that are being set out by the government make it clear that the numbers of new cases are going to remain high for some time to come. As a result of this, we are receiving more calls from employers struggling to understand what to do…