Coronavirus

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Basic pay and benefits

  Updated to reflect the Government's 22 November 2023 announcement on fuel benefit charges.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Cases on appeal

  Updated to reflect that the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another on 21 November 2023. 

• Type:

  FAQs

  When can annual leave be carried over due to the coronavirus crisis?

  Updated to refer to draft Regulations that will require outstanding carried over leave to be taken before 31 March 2024.

• 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.

• Date:

  25 November 2022

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR priorities 2023: XpertHR 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.

• Date:

  7 October 2022

  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:

  Letters and forms

  Coronavirus: Letter encouraging eligible employees to get autumn 2022 booster vaccination

  Updated to reflect the launch of the autumn 2022 COVID-19 booster vaccination programme.

• Date:

  5 July 2022

  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:

  11 May 2022

  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:

  Employment law guide

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) and health and safety

  Updated to reflect that public health principles for reducing respiratory infections at work have replaced the COVID-19 secure guides.