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• Coronavirus: resource round-up

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  Editor's choice

  Our resources give guidance to employers and HR departments on legal compliance and practical measures that they can take in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and include template letters. We cover furlough leave under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, redundancies, lay-offs, short-time working, annual leave and pay, homeworking and how HR can support employees, as well as measures taken by governments abroad that will affect global employers.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: COVID-19 workplace risk assessment

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  Policies and documents

  A model form to conduct a COVID-19 risk assessment to decide what measures to introduce into a workplace to ensure safe working for workers returning as the coronavirus lockdown is lifted.

• Why HR needs to start thinking about Brexit again

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  Commentary and analysis

  Until recently, Brexit dominated the news, but it has been off the agenda for many of us during the coronavirus pandemic. However, Brexit has not gone away and it will mean changes to the way we work. HR has a crucial role to play in planning for the impact of Brexit. We set out the key areas to think about now.

• Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: Managing annual leave

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  Podcasts and webinars

  Employment lawyer Darren Newman discusses the legal and practical considerations of managing annual leave during the coronavirus pandemic.

• TUPE: Improvements to contractual benefits before transfer were void

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  Law reports

  In Ferguson and others v Astrea Asset Management Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the transferor's substantial improvements to the employment contracts of senior employees shortly before the transfer were void under TUPE legislation and the EU abuse of law principle.

• Statutory sick pay rebate scheme launched

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  News

  Employers are now able to recover any coronavirus-related statutory sick pay (SSP), with HM Revenue & Customs accepting applications from 26 May 2020.

• Pay trends May 2020: Private sector leads a fall in pay awards

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  Survey analysis

  XpertHR's first full analysis including pay settlements effective in April sees the headline pay award drop to its lowest level this year, with the private sector particularly weak.

• HR and coronavirus survey: The return to work begins

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  Survey analysis

  Two months after the UK went into coronavirus pandemic lockdown, workplaces in England are beginning to reopen. We asked HR practitioners about the issues facing them.

• Returning to work: Eight challenges identified by HR professionals

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  Commentary and analysis

  Employers in England are being encouraged to reopen workplaces to staff who cannot work from home, while those in other parts of the UK are likely to be making plans ahead of similar moves. We report on how respondents to XpertHR's fourth HR and coronavirus survey are preparing for the return to work.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Model letters to manage a "clinically vulnerable" employee's return to work

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  Editor's choice

  We provide new model letters to assist HR professionals with managing the challenges around employees with a health condition who are "clinically vulnerable" returning to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Model letters to manage a pregnant employee's return to work

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  Editor's choice

  We provide new model letters to assist HR professionals with managing the challenges around pregnant employees returning to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Coronavirus and your workforce webinar: Supporting employees' mental health

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  Podcasts and webinars

  With workforces and workplaces facing unparalleled challenges, Dr Barbara Mariposa takes us through the possible impact of the coronavirus pandemic on employees' mental health and wellbeing.

• Police sector: Returning to duty during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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  Commentary and analysis

  We look at how the police service is bringing returners back into its workforce to help support policing needs during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Letter to an employee who refuses, or is reluctant, to return to work

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  Policies and documents

  A model HR letter to send to an employee who is refusing, or is reluctant, to return to work as the coronavirus lockdown is eased.

• Lifting the coronavirus lockdown: Letter seeking an employee's agreement to change their start and finish times

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  Policies and documents

  A model HR letter to seek the agreement of an employee to change their start and finish times, as part of your organisation's safe working measures as the coronavirus lockdown is eased.