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Top 10 FAQs on Covid-19 and Employment law

15 October 2021

Employers are currently dealing with a number of issues in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Employers are currently dealing with a number of issues in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. On the one hand, many organisations will be rolling out return to the workplace policies or already back to business as usual. On the other, employers may be facing staffing issues due to sickness and self-isolation which are hampering normal operations. Employers may also be faced with difficult decisions as to whether to collect and act on information about the vaccination status of their staff. And those in the health and social care sector will be considering the impact of actual or potential requirements for staff to be vaccinated.

In this article, we answer some of the most frequently asked questions we have received relating to Covid-19, employment law and Covid vaccination policy.

 
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