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• Type:

  Legal timetable

  People working in care homes in England required to have full coronavirus vaccination

  Updated with the implementation date of the requirement for adult care home providers in England to deploy only fully vaccinated workers.

• Date:

  23 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations for staff: How care homes can prepare

  It has been confirmed that the requirement for staff working in care homes in England to have a full course of COVID-19 vaccinations, unless they have a medical exemption, comes into force on 11 November 2021. How do employers covered by new requirement encourage staff to be vaccinated, manage workers who refuse or have a medical exemption, and adapt their recruitment processes?

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations in care homes: Letter urging staff to be vaccinated in advance of law change

  Updated with the implementation date of the requirement for adult care home providers in England to deploy only fully vaccinated workers.

• Type:

  Survey analysis

  Pay awards: Public safety

  Updated to include the details of six new pay awards across the sector.

• Type:

  Consultations

  Consultation on COVID-19 vaccination requirement for staff in older adult care homes

  The Government consults on proposals to require older adult care home providers to deploy only those workers who have received their coronavirus vaccination.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Statutory redundancy payments ready reckoner

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2021.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Cap on exit payments for public-sector workers removed

  HM Treasury Directions disapply the cap on exit payments for public-sector workers, contained in the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Monitoring: financial services

  Updated to include further information on recording obligations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is the £95,000 cap on exit payments in the public sector in force?

• Date:

  5 February 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  IR35: What does public-sector HR need to know about the April 2021 changes?

  HR professionals in public authorities may think that the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector in April 2021 will not affect them. However, public-sector bodies need to be aware of, and prepare for, some changes to the rules.