Testing

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi tells MPs he didn't know why his department's staff had the highest stay-at-home rate among civil servants.

Organisations should be given access to free or low cost Covid-19 tests to help staff stay safe, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.

Free Covid-19 testing for the majority of workers has now ended, but that doesn't mean testing won't still be beneficial to employers.

EasyJet and British Airways have been forced to cancel flights due to staff shortages, just as passenger numbers rise for the school holidays.

British Chambers of Commerce seeks more support from ministers for smaller firms now that free Covid testing has ended.

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

Free Covid tests for workers in the NHS, adult social care and prisons will continue when free testing for the general public ends on 1 April.

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...

Free Covid lateral flow testing is “vital” for NHS staff according to health leaders concerned by rising coronavirus cases and increases to the cost of living.

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

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

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

The US Supreme Court has blocked the government from imposing vaccine mandates that would have covered more than 80 million employees.

The decision to dismiss a cleaner who went to work with Covid-19 was unfair because his employer did not follow a fair process, an employment tribunal has found.