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    HR must be vigilant as remaining Covid restrictions end

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Feb 2022

    Employers have been urged to be cautious and to remember their legal duty to keep employees safe at work as...

    • Shielding
    • Testing
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    Early end to Covid isolation rules poses tough questions for employers

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Feb 2022

    Ending of Covid isolation rules could see businesses struggling to manage duty of care.

    • Coronavirus
    • Vaccinations
    • Self-isolation

    Top 10 HR questions January 2022: that extra bank holiday

    by Brightmine 1 Feb 2022
    by Brightmine 1 Feb 2022

    There will be an additional bank holiday in 2022 to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
    Many employees will be entitled...

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    Reducing sick pay for the unvaccinated: what are the pitfalls for employers?

    by Darren Newman 31 Jan 2022
    by Darren Newman 31 Jan 2022

    Darren Newman explains the potential risks reducing sick pay for the unvaccinated in terms of contractual entitlements, discrimination and employee relations.

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    Care homes: removing self-isolation laws is ‘dangerous’

    by Personnel Today 21 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 21 Jan 2022

    Care home operators have criticised the government’s decision to remove the legal requirement on people with Covid-19 to self-isolate.

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Coronavirus
    • Belief discrimination

    Can you reduce contractual sick pay for unvaccinated staff?

    by Jo Moseley 20 Jan 2022
    by Jo Moseley 20 Jan 2022

    As some employers reveal that they have removed contractual sick pay from unvaccinated staff, Joanne Moseley examines the legal risks...

    • Coronavirus
    • Bullying and harassment
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    Employee who blew whistle on Covid safety was unfairly dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022

    A pet food retailer unfairly dismissed an employee after she raised concerns about health and safety and blew the whistle...

    • Coronavirus
    • Vaccinations
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    Cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff ‘could be discriminatory’

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jan 2022

    Legal warning over staff from certain ethnic or religious backgrounds as well as those who are pregnant.

    • Coronavirus
    • Vaccinations
    • Self-isolation

    Next joins Ikea and Wessex Water in reducing sick pay for unvaccinated staff

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jan 2022

    Companies start to reduce sick pay for those who are unvaccinated who have to self-isolate.

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
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    Employers cutting sick pay for unvaccinated who need to self-isolate

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2022

    Several employers including Ikea and Wessex Water have cut sick pay for unvaccinated employees who are told to self-isolate after...

    • Coronavirus
    • Testing
    • Self-isolation

    Leaked memo reveals how Covid test changes could disadvantage the low paid

    by Personnel Today 7 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 7 Jan 2022

    A leaked memo warns that the low paid could be disadvantaged by new regime, as they still need to get a PCR test to claim financial support.

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
    • Testing

    Porter who lost pay while awaiting result of wife’s Covid test wins claim

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jan 2022

    Hospital worker whose absence was treated as unauthorised while he awaited his wife's test result has suceeded in part of his tribunal claim.

    • Coronavirus
    • Self-isolation
    • Latest News

    Care homes declare ‘red’ alert over staff absences

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2022

    More than 90 care home operators have declared a staffing emergency, as thousands of care workers are forced to self-isolate...

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
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    Public services facing crippling Covid absence rates

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2022

    Public services including healthcare, transport and education are coming under strain amid crippling Covid-19 absence rates.
    Health leaders have indicated...

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
    • Testing

    Top 10 HR questions December 2021: NHS Covid pass and fit notes

    by Brightmine 4 Jan 2022
    by Brightmine 4 Jan 2022

    Questions on employees’ Covid vaccination status, self-isolation and testing continued to be popular during December.
    Employers were also asking various...

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