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  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    People working in care homes in England required to have full coronavirus vaccination

    Updated with the implementation date of the requirement for adult care home providers in England to deploy only fully vaccinated workers.

  • Date:
    20 July 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Long COVID: Potential scenarios for HR and how to deal with them

    We set out some possible scenarios that HR professionals may face in relation to long COVID, and explain how they could tackle them.

  • Date:
    23 June 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Adopting hybrid working - legal issues and discrimination risks

    Huw Cooke, senior associate at Burges Salmon, guides you through the legal issues around hybrid working.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Coronavirus employment tribunal round-up: Employees raising health and safety concerns

    With coronavirus-related employment tribunal rulings now appearing regularly, we examine four early examples of first-instance decisions where an employer dismissed an employee who refused, or was reluctant, to attend work because of health and safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Date:
    3 June 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Long Covid: will employees be able to claim compensation?

    MPs and peers have pressed for long Covid to be classified as an occupational disease, which could give those suffering with it grounds for a compensation claim. But this might not be a straightforward decision for the government to make, writes Vanessa James, who suggests how employers can support staff with long Covid.

  • Date:
    25 May 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Five potential HR holiday dilemmas this summer

    As restrictions on international travel ease, we highlight five potential annual leave issues that employers could face this summer and explain how HR professionals can tackle them.

  • Date:
    14 May 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    No jab, no job policies - the legal issues

    It seems that every phase of the pandemic brings new employment law issues to the fore. The start of the vaccination programme prompted the ongoing debate about whether employers can insist on employees being vaccinated against COVID-19 - a policy pithily summarised as no jab, no job.

  • Date:
    12 May 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Hybrid working - a case study

    How should HR implement hybrid working effectively? We talk to housing provider and XpertHR customer Orbit about how it has implemented its "WorkSmart" programme for 850 employees, and how it plans to continue this beyond the pandemic.

  • Date:
    26 April 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Reopening the workplace - vaccinations and employee testing

    Max Winthrop, partner and head of the employment law team at Short, Richardson & Forth, explores the key areas employers will have to consider when deciding how to reopen the workplace safely.

  • Date:
    26 April 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Planning the future of your workplace: Six things for HR to consider

    The scale and duration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the enforced shift to home-based working has led many organisations to think about the future of the workplace and a move towards a hybrid or blended working model. Gemma Dale takes us through six areas for HR to consider as part of its planning process.

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