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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated with the implementation date of the requirement for adult care home providers in England to deploy only fully vaccinated workers.
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- Date:
- 20 July 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We set out some possible scenarios that HR professionals may face in relation to long COVID, and explain how they could tackle them.
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- Date:
- 23 June 2021
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Huw Cooke, senior associate at Burges Salmon, guides you through the legal issues around hybrid working.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.
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- Date:
- 3 June 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 25 May 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 14 May 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 12 May 2021
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
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.
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- Date:
- 26 April 2021
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
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.
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- Date:
- 26 April 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.