Asking Employees About Their Vaccination Status
The vast majority of the UK population (nearly three quarters of those over 16) has now been ‘double vaccinated’, and the government has...
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Kiri Thompson
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
New Rules For Self-Isolation
The rules surrounding self-isolation have changed. rradar HR Advisor Kiri Thompson explains what’s new. From Monday 16th August 2021, the...
rradar
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
New Amendments To Self-Isolation For Critical Industries
In response to the 1.3 million people in England who are currently in self-isolation, and the mounting pressure that is causing on what...
Kiri Thompson
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
Latest Update on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for Care Home Workers in England
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 were approved by the House of...
Richard Beschizza
- Jul 16, 2021
- 6 min
Test and Trace Isolation Alerts - Implications For Employers
The government has announced that as of 19th July 2021, many of the remaining social distancing restrictions put in place to contain the...
rradar
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Changes to The Furlough Scheme From The Start of July
Employers need to be aware that on 1st July, there will be a change to the furlough scheme – the government contribution will reduce and...
Kerry Noon
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
Age Discrimination Post-COVID-19
Businesses have had to adapt to a whole new world over the past fifteen months or so, and even with the talk of the final lockdown...
Leigh Payne
- Jun 7, 2021
- 5 min
Monitoring Employees Working From Home - What You Can and Can't Do
As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and life begins to return to normal – or, at the very least, the new normal – employers may be...
Kenneth Cook
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
Health and safety considerations for employers if you are planning to return to the office
From 6 January, a national lockdown applied in all of England and you could only leave home for work purposes where it was unreasonable...
Nkolika Oraka
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
The Temporary Adjustments to Right to Work Checks are Coming to An End
In March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the UK and the first lockdown started, the government announced that temporary...
Lucy Stephenson
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Fair Dismissal for Refusing to Wear a Face Mask
Face masks have become a symbol of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we now seldom give them a second thought as we go about our daily business....
rradar
- Mar 11, 2021
- 4 min
Employers' health and safety obligations to home workers
In only a few days, it will be a year since the first lockdown was rolled out across the UK and millions of people suddenly found...
rradar
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Budget 2021: What you need to know
The government has now outlined the measures it intends to take in order to tackle the significant effect on the UK economy of the...
rradar
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
Handling workplace conflicts about vaccination
COVID-19 has dominated not just the national and international news for over a year now, but has also been a major topic of conversation...
rradar
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Coronavirus: the plan to end England's restrictions by 21 June
Following new data on the rates of infection and the progress of the vaccination programme, the government has announced a roadmap for...
rradar
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
HSE Guidance on Disinfecting Offices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Whether re-opening after lockdown or sanitising during occupancy, employers have to consider many different factors when ensuring their...
rradar
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min
The Implications of Long COVID
Millions of people have contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic. Well over 100,000 have sadly died, but while many others have made a...
rradar
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Should you sign up for the COVID-19 National Workplace Testing programme?
The government’s COVID-19 National Workplace Testing programme has been expanded to cover more businesses, having previously been...
rradar
- Feb 12, 2021
- 4 min
Annual Leave and Furlough - Top 10 FAQs
The Coronavirus pandemic has raised many questions for employers and one of those is the question of annual leave for employees that are...
rradar
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Gig Economy Workers could get Health and Safety protections after new judgment
During the COVID-19 pandemic, delivery workers have played a huge part in keeping the country moving and helping the economy to survive....
