Accusations have been flying about that ‘irresponsible’ employers are putting employees under pressure to come into potentially unsafe workplaces when...
Shielding
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Covid-19 may have led to additional sickness absence, measures such as furlough, social distancing, shielding and working from home appear to have helped reduce other causes of absence.
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As hiring confidence builds, how can employers ensure that any reasonable adjustments they make for candidates will match the working...
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The government hopes to remove all restrictions from 21 June, potentially using testing to reduce risk.
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New research has led to an extension of the numbers who need to shield; TUC urges employers to support shielding workers.Â
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Top 10 HR questions January 2021: Home-schooling, furlough, vaccinations
by Brightmineby BrightmineWith strengthened lockdown measures in January, employers have again been asking for guidance on employees who are home-schooling.
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Following the news that public-facing workers including teachers, police officers and retail staff could soon be offered Covid-19 vaccinations, Sean...
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Facing a landscape of coronavirus restrictions until spring at the earliest means building resilience among employees should be top of the agenda for business leaders.
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SOM (The Society of Occupational Medicine), The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and the University of Glasgow held a summit...
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Retail, hospitality and leisure businesses will be able to apply for one-off grants of up to £9,000 per property, in...
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NHS England and Improvement has been crowned the overall winner at this...
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The Personnel Today Awards winners will be announced on Thursday. Our final shortlist spotlight centres on the teams in the...
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‘Clinically extremely vulnerable’ workers in England are being strongly advised by the government to avoid work outside their homes from...
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As England’s three-tier restrictions come into force and the government faces increasing pressure to ‘circuit break’ the rising number of...
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Managing Covid-19 ‘clusters’ set to be a key challenge for occupational health
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonA recent SOM/Royal College of Nursing webinar offered occupational health practitioners valuable advice on how to manage Covid-19 outbreaks as...