Self-isolation

Matt Hancock: ‘Having higher sick pay… would encourage employers to do more to look after the health of their employees.’

The failings of the UK’s sick pay system need to be put firmly in the spotlight when the Covid-19 public inquiry starts hearing witness evidence from next week, the TUC has said.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal says a driving examiner who resigned over Covid health fears can have his dismissal claim reheard.

An independent public inquiry into how the government handled the coronavirus pandemic began last week, led by Baroness Hallett, a...

Two-thirds of people who catch Covid-19 are still infectious five days after their symptoms begin, research has suggested.
The findings,...

Special paid leave for Covid-19 sickness and self-isolation introduced for NHS staff during the pandemic will be withdrawn in England...

What factors have influenced vaccine hesitancy among some groups of workers? And is there anything employers can do to encourage uptake?

The sickness absence rate climbed to 3.1% in 2021 – equivalent to 7.3 days per employee.

As the number of monkeypox cases in the UK rises, employers have been advised to conduct risk assessments and follow standard sickness procedures.

When managing employees with long Covid, employers need to remember their obligations under disability discrimination law.
Whether long Covid meets...

Sage research into Covid prevalence highlighted how important ‘choice’ over an individual’s work situation is for health outcomes, one of the government's top health experts has said.

Mark Philpott outlines how organisations can support employees with long Covid and reduce the likelihood of Covid-19 infection.

Today marks exactly two years since the government announced the first Covid-19 lockdown, when millions of UK employees were told...

There is no longer a legal requirement in England to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus.
The removal of the...

As the requirement to self-isolate has been removed, public health experts have recommended occupational health risk assessments for people with health conditions or vulnerabilities.