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• Coronavirus: resource round-up

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  Editor's choice

  Our resources give guidance to employers 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, as well as measures taken by governments abroad that will affect global employers.

• Supreme Court: Employer not vicariously liable for sexual assaults by medical contractor

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  Law reports

  In Barclays Bank plc v Various claimants, the Supreme Court held that the employer is not vicariously liable for an independent doctor's alleged sexual assaults on 126 job applicants and employees.

• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Letter turning down an employee's request to be furloughed

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  Policies and documents

  A model letter to reject an employee's request to be "furloughed" during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Letter confirming an employee's furlough

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  Policies and documents

  A model letter to respond to an employee who has agreed in writing to be "furloughed" as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak so that you can pay them through funds from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

• Mental health support during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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  Commentary and analysis

  Regular communications, mental health first-aiders, employee assistance programmes and online resources all have an important part to play in employers' efforts to support their employees' mental health during the current crisis.

• Annual leave and furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

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  Commentary and analysis

  With employers now grappling with the question of how furloughing under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme impacts on employees' ability to take - and their employer's ability to require them to take - annual leave, consultant editor Darren Newman examines the relevant issues.

• Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: We answer your questions

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  Podcasts and webinars

  Max Winthrop joins us to answer your questions on the coronavirus and your workforce, including latest guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Recruitment challenges during the pandemic

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  Commentary and analysis

  What should employers do if they have new hires due to start work during the current crisis? Jo Faragher asks HR professionals and recruitment specialists for their advice.

• Five ways to keep employees engaged during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis

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  Commentary and analysis

  With workers up and down the country being furloughed or forced to work from home, Graham Brown looks at what HR can do to help employees stay motivated, engaged and connected.

• Supreme Court: Employer not vicariously liable for rogue employee's data breach

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  Law reports

  In WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various claimants, the Supreme Court held that the employer is not vicariously liable for an employee's deliberate personal data breach because the employee was not engaged in furthering his employer's business but was pursuing "a personal vendetta".

• Coronavirus: FAQs on emergency volunteering leave

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  Editor's choice

  We answer frequently asked questions on workers taking emergency volunteering leave (EVL) during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• How to furlough employees under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

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  How to

  Practical guidance on furloughing employees under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, including which employees are covered, consulting employees to vary their contracts and how to apply under the scheme.

• Webinar: Coronavirus - measures to protect your business

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  Podcasts and webinars

  Darren Newman discusses the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and answers your questions on workforce issues in relation to the coronavirus.

• April 2020: Employment law changes

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  Editor's choice

  We round up our key content on April employment law changes.

• Coronavirus: HR's initial response survey April 2020

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  Survey analysis

  XpertHR asked 400 HR practitioners how their organisations had responded to the challenges facing them as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically reshapes the economy.