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- Date:
- 29 September 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Latest announcements from the UK Government on managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic include recommending employees should once again work from home and new measures to subsidise wages. Graham Brown looks at the implications of these new announcements for employers and how HR can ensure they and their organisations are well prepared for the possible introduction of further strict lockdowns at a local or national level.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model policy to set out your organisation's approach to safe working during the coronavirus pandemic, for example to provide guidance to remote workers in advance of their return to a reopened workplace.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to notify employees who can work from home that they should continue to do so for the time being, for example where your organisation has extended the period during which staff are allowed to work remotely.
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- Date:
- 31 July 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Matthew Trerise and Angela Armstrong discuss the challenges neurodivergent people may experience when returning to the workplace post-lockdown, with practical tips on reintegrating employees.
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- Date:
- 31 July 2020
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Employment lawyer Darren Newman guides us through the process of varying an employee's terms and conditions including the procedure for dismissing and re-engaging an employee, and how to deal with an avalanche of flexible working requests from employees who want to make their lockdown way of working permanent.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a move to permanent homeworking. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to confirm a move to permanent homeworking with an employee. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.
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- Date:
- 2 July 2020
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Broadist v HM Prison Service, an employment tribunal found that the employer's refusal to allow a semi-retired dog handler to remain working on a part-time basis with an alternative dog, after his dog had died, amounted to indirect age discrimination.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss their request for flexible working.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
Updated to cover the scenario where an employee has been working flexibly because of the coronavirus pandemic and is seeking to make this arrangement permanent.