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Tag Archives: COVID
Changes to isolation rules and impact on workers
These changes will mean some workers who test positive for COVID will face a difficult choice about whether to stay at home if their sick pay is insufficient or they do not qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Currently, those …
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Cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff
Following a recent relaxation in the official self-isolation guidance for vaccinated people, the BBC have reported that Morrisons, Ocado and Next have decided to cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who have because they have been exposed to COVID. However …
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Sick pay cuts for the isolating unvaccinated: what are the legal implications?
This week Ikea has become the latest company to cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who need to self-isolate because of exposure to someone who has tested positive for Covid. Similar policies have been implemented by Wessex Water and Morrisons …
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Covid update: déjà vu – working from home again
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 8 December 2021 (the “Announcement”), the government has once again requested that anyone who is able to work from home does so from 13 December 2021. Those who are not able to work from …
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Government extends the moratorium preventing the eviction of commercial tenants until 25 March 2022
The moratorium, which was due to be lifted on 30 June 2021, shall now remain in place until 25 March 2022 (some two years after it was introduced in April 2020). This is important news for commercial landlords to be …
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Is Business travel now allowed? Deciphering the latest Covid-19 travel rules
This past week has seen the latest relaxation of restrictions in accordance with the government’s roadmap to normality. This article sets out the new rules and guidance for employers, particularly for business travel to and from England. Can you travel …
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Boom in prenups as post-COVID wedding numbers look set to soar
UK Weddings Taskforce, a trade body representing the wedding industry in a report in January 2021 estimates that some 824,000 weddings are planned in 2021 and 2022, following 95% of weddings planned for 2020 postponed following the COVID pandemic. And says …
Taking time off to look after dependants
The general rule Under sections 57A and 57B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 all employees are entitled to take a ‘reasonable’ amount of time off from work to take ‘necessary’ action to deal with unforeseen emergencies involving their dependants. …
Coronavirus: For businesseses are there any upsides to the lockdown?
The human cost of Covid-19 is tragic and understandably the Government’s response is geared towards protecting life and ensuring the NHS can cope with the immense challenges it faces every day. From a business perspective the crisis restricts revenue streams …
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Coronavirus: MAC clause used to withdraw from £510m property acquisition
News sources are reporting that Columbia Threadneedle has withdrawn from its £510m agreement to buy Manchester Airport Group’s Victoria portfolio, despite having exchanged. A Material Adverse Change (MAC) clause in the contract has allowed the fund manager to withdraw from the …
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