As a result of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year, the government announced that there will be an extra bank holiday 3rd June 2022. As such, this will result in nine bank holidays this year, as opposed to the normal eight days...
In July 2021 the government passed Regulations which meant that all employees working in care homes would have to be double vaccinated by 11 November 2021 or otherwise they could no longer be employed in that role. Further Regulations were due to...
As has been widely reported, the COVID restrictions in England will be progressively removed between 24th February 2022 and 1st April 2022, following the Government’s new guidance “COVID-19 Response: Living With COVID-19”. In this article, we...
The Regulations On 6 January 2022 the Secretary of State signed into law Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/15); https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/15/made. The...
Video 3 – Annual Leave In this episode, we’ll be looking at the very difficult topic of how annual leave interacts with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme for short) and answering some of the frequently asked...
It feels like a distant memory but back in December 2018 the government published its Good Work Plan. Some requirements of the plan will come into force on 6 April 2020 and suggest that you begin your preparations as soon as possible. The stated...
Following the #metoo scandal there has been a huge political momentum against overreaching confidentiality clauses and the effect that they have, or are perceived to have, on victims of harassment and their ability to speak up. As a result, in...
