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You can find our latest insight into the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and our guidance on how businesses should respond in the UK and internationally. We and our international colleagues will be keeping our guidance updated as the situation develops. Our current key articles include: Coronavirus - FAQs for employers Coronavirus - FAQs for employers on working from home Home and away- when ‘working from home’ means working abroad Coronavirus - FAQs on managing a safe return to work Coronavirus staffing decisions when reopening the workplace Furloughing employees - FAQs for employers on the coronavirus job retention scheme Coronavirus vaccination - FAQs for employers Workplace testing – FAQs for employers Sickness absence and sick pay during the Covid-19 pandemic - FAQs for employers COVID-19: force majeure and frustration flowcharts RE: Occupy - Managing the reoccupation of your premises Please feel free to get in touch with your usual Lewis Silkin contact, email info@lewissilkin.com or speak to one of the contacts listed. Related blogs Ashik Gandhi May 14, 2021 USA throws its support behind a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver Mark Lim October 12, 2020 Trading in turbulent times: has the bar got higher again? Load More Related items Coronavirus vaccination - FAQs for employers 02 December 2021 Employers are facing many difficult and untested employment law issues in light of the UK’s Covid-19 vaccination programme. These FAQs cover whether an employer can make vaccination compulsory for its employees, alternatives to a mandatory requirement, time off for vaccine appointments, dealing with vaccine objectors, data privacy concerns and other issues. View more Workforce testing – FAQs for employers 02 December 2021 Testing for Covid-19 is an option for employers hoping to encourage employees to return to the workplace, control the spread of the virus and increase customer and staff confidence. These FAQs cover the legal issues and considerations that employers should take on board when considering or using a testing programme. View more Using the NHS Covid pass for staff 02 December 2021 The NHS Covid pass offers businesses an easy way of discovering an individual’s Covid status but there are legal issues to consider first. This insight considers the key data protection and equalities issues raised by using the pass for staff. View more Coronavirus – FAQs on staffing decisions when reopening workplaces 11 October 2021 Employers are facing many employment law issues as the guidance on working safely during the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve. These FAQs cover specific issues in relation to deciding which employees should stay at home and what happens if employees do not want to come to work. View more Coronavirus – FAQs on managing a safe return to work 07 October 2021 Employers are facing many employment law issues as the guidance on working safely during the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve. These FAQs cover employers’ health and safety obligations, including risk assessments, risk control measures and responsibilities towards employees who are advised to self-isolate. View more Staffing decisions when reopening workplaces - flowchart 07 October 2021 We have updated our flowchart to help employers decide which employees should attend their workplace following the removal of most legal restrictions in England from 19 July 2021. View more International approaches to Covid-19 retention and wage subsidy schemes 2021 29 September 2021 Last year in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic Governments across the world introduced arrangements equivalent to the UK’s furlough scheme, aiming to support businesses in retaining employees by subsidising all or some of their salary. We have conducted a follow up survey which reveals significant differences between the remaining schemes still offered, with some schemes already terminated, a variation in subsidised amounts and replacement schemes being introduced. View more Carrying out adjusted right to work checks up to 5 April 2022 27 September 2021 Under the Home Office’s current guidance for right to work checks (RTW), it is possible to conduct a fully compliant initial or follow-up RTW without seeing the individual face-to-face. To cover practical difficulties arising during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly where the checker cannot easily gain access to original documents required for a manual RTW, the Home Office has instituted a temporary adjusted procedure. 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