The latest guidance for businesses like yours across a number of different areas. Understand more about how your business can respond and what support is available.
This is a live topic which will be informed by the government’s forthcoming COVID-Status Certification review. The review is exploring how testing and vaccination data could play a role in reopening the UK economy, reducing restrictions on social contact, and improving safety. The CBI has fed into the review, highlighting principles that should underpin any certification scheme. This includes the need for certificates to be based on proof of either a vaccine or negative test, given the sensitivity of vaccinations and testing data, and how it interacts with employment law and people’s fundamental human rights.
In general, employers cannot make having a vaccine a condition of work, and simplistic ‘no jab, no job’ policies will almost certainly be illegal. Requiring staff to have a vaccine on health and safety grounds could be permissible, but only in certain sectors or jobs, and in parallel with other legal obligations. Employers should make reasonable adjustments so that staff can continue to safely perform their role if they are unable or unwilling to be vaccinated.
ACAS recommends that employers support staff in getting the coronavirus vaccine, for example by giving them time off work to attend a vaccination appointment. Employers can play a role sharing the benefits of the vaccine with their employees. They should speak with staff about their approach and any employee concerns where appropriate. For the latest guidance on this topic, visit the ACAS website.
Covering topics including tax payments, support for the self-employed, the Job Retention Scheme and commercial tenancies.
Covering topics including supporting staff at risk of redundancy, pension schemes, holidays, migrant workers and SSP.
Answering your questions about external meetings, travel nationally and internationally, and how to help employees stuck abroad.
Addressing topics including what to do if staff or visitors become unwell, and workplace cleaning guidance.
Find out more about how other companies are managing disruption to their supply chains.
Always up-to-date with the latest information and insights, our factsheets can help inform your business response.
Understand what financial support is available for your business - from grants and loans through to tax relief and the Jobs Retention Scheme
Understand the approach employers can take to workplace testing.
How to engage with employees – from onboarding through to performance reviews, boosting morale and facilitating collaboration.
How have other businesses risen to the challenges posed by COVID-19?
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