Infectious diseases

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Gender pay gap reporting

  Updated to add menstrual problems and menstrual disorders to the list of steps employers will need to report on in their equality action plan under the Employment Rights Bill.

• Date:

  1 March 2024

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: COVID and other infectious diseases - what is the correct workplace etiquette now?

  The rules around COVID-19 were very clearly drawn in 2020. But what is the state of play now, not just in relation to COVID but to illness in the workplace generally? What should organisations do about employees who are nervous about returning to the workplace? Or about at-risk employees, particularly when infection rates are high? Or about long COVID - is it now treated as a disability?

• Date:

  17 January 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Key employment cases of 2022/2023

  We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.

• Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR priorities 2023: HR & Compliance Centre survey

  HR is anticipating another challenging year as they play a key role in protecting the business in uncertain economic times by ensuring the right people are in the right roles, while also supporting employees sustainably through the cost-of-living crisis.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Coronavirus case law round up: Discrimination and whistleblowing

  We look at three cases dealing with issues around discrimination and whistleblowing, arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Employee with long COVID was disabled

  In Burke v Turning Point Scotland, an employment tribunal found that an employee with long COVID was disabled under the Equality Act 2010.

• Date:

  26 May 2022

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Monkeypox advice for employers: Working from home and sick pay

  As the number of monkeypox cases in the UK rises, employers have been advised to conduct risk assessments and ensure they follow standard sickness procedures if a worker becomes infected. Ashleigh Webber pulls together advice for employers whose staff may be infected or at risk of infection with monkeypox.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Coronavirus: Dismissal for refusing to attend workplace not automatically unfair

  In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a tribunal's decision that the employee's dismissal for refusing to return to the workplace because of concerns about the pandemic was not automatically unfair for a health and safety reason.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer require an employee to attend work if they test positive for coronavirus but are asymptomatic?

• Date:

  29 March 2022

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Flexible working and the hybrid model: What are the risks when managing homeworking requests?

  The pandemic has generated a greater appetite among employees for remote and/or hybrid working patterns. Consultant editor Darren Newman explores how employers can strike a balance between advocating a physical return to the workplace and satisfying staff who are pushing to spend more time working from home.