Coronavirus
Editor's message: As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues, key issues for HR professionals include:
- assessing the risks to, and safeguarding the health of, workers;
- managing absence, including ensuring that workers who should be self-isolating do not attend work;
- supporting workers who have carried on working through the crisis;
- managing staff who are being asked to continue working from home;
- encouraging staff to be vaccinated when the opportunity arises; and
- making use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has been extended until 30 September 2021.
Now more than ever, HR professionals need to be adaptable and base their actions on the latest government advice, existing health and safety at work obligations, operational needs and financial realities, ongoing risk assessments, and how any safeguards put in place are working in practice.
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Stephen Simpson, principal employment law editor
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HR and legal information and guidance relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Coronavirus: key HR resources
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Coronavirus and future of work: Hybrid working policy
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Webinar: Reopening the workplace - vaccinations and employee testing
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Planning the future of your workplace: Six things for HR to consider
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Podcast: Legal aspects of moving to hybrid working
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Coronavirus and future of work: Letter to employee confirming move to hybrid working
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Workplace testing policy
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Policy on employees being vaccinated
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Podcast: HR, the pandemic and the future of the workplace
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How Orbit Group introduced a "post-pandemic" homeworking programme for 850 employees
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Workforce planning and business confidence survey 2021
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Can an employer require employees to have a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination?
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Employment law manual: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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What are the deadlines for claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme?
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How to consider alternatives to redundancy during the coronavirus crisis
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How to carry out redundancies when employees have been furloughed
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How to consult collectively with a remote workforce during the coronavirus pandemic
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Coronavirus and return-to-work planning: Policy on safe working when attending workplace
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Coronavirus and return-to-work planning: COVID-19 workplace risk assessment
Coronavirus: quick HR links
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