Shielding

As more case law begins to emerge around employers’ actions during the pandemic, Richard Fox looks at a recent Employment...

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

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

An employee who had her wages withheld after she refused to go to work because she feared catching Covid-19 has...

Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic from which employers can learn lessons.

The impact of furlough, shielding, home working and sickness absence because of Covid-19 itself have, unsurprisingly, dominated the health and...

The CBI has called on the government to bring forward changes to Covid self-isolation rules to 19 July rather than wait until 16 August.

Risks arise when dealing with staff who refuse to return to the office post 19 July.

The Treasury has rejected accusations it hid guidance stating that employees who were self-isolating could be placed on furlough.

This week’s postponement of lifting all coronavirus restrictions – from 21 June to 19 July – has thrown many businesses...

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) list was produced rapidly and as a classic example of thinking “too fast”.

Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s spent almost £500m on protecting staff and customers during the pandemic.

People with asthma have only a modestly increased risk of developing severe Covid-19 and requiring admission to hospital from the...

Employees currently 'shielding' will be able to return to the workplace next month, but should still work from home where possible.

Almost half of organisations do not have a financial wellbeing programme in place, the CIPD's survey found.