Coronavirus

Organisations' resilience under threat during outbreak from unreliable information sources and lack of planning.

The government is drawing up plans to offer financial support to people who are self-isolating but who do not qualify...

Employees will get statutory sick pay (SSP) from their first day off work rather than the fourth as part of...

As many is one in five staff could be off sick at the same time if the Covid-19 coronavirus takes...

How to respond to the risk of the spread of coronavirus is the subject of February’s most popular FAQs.
Employers...

Health workers on statutory sick pay face difficult decision if they exhibit coronavirus symptoms, while gig economy workers also may face dilemma.

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has been criticised for stating that staff will be subject to regular statutory sick pay rules...

Employers need to be pragmatic and fact-based and clear in their communications when managing staff, including some in Wuhan, China,...

Health secretary Matt Hancock has said people returning to the UK from Italian towns quarantined because of the Covid-19 coronavirus...

Coronavirus continues to dominate the headlines, most recently as a hotel in Tenerife is put into lockdown after a visiting...

Projections point to a recovery later this year as global efforts to contain the outbreak bear fruit.

Acas has published advice for employers on dealing with the new coronavirus outbreak, including how to handle employees who have...

JCB is set to cut hours and production as the coronavirus outbreak affects component supply from China.

Employers are quarantining their own staff as the coronavirus outbreak...

What steps should employers take to manage the coronavirus outbreak?
At the start of the new year, employers have been...