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COVID-19 Employment Law FAQs for Senior Executives, Directors and Officers
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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: FAQs for UK Employers
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COVID-19 UK immigration FAQs for UK visa holders and businesses
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COVID-19 healthcare regulation FAQs for frontline health and social care staff
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Coronavirus Inquest FAQs
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Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) FAQs
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COVID-19 FAQs for working remotely and the supervision of trainee solicitors
14 January 2021
FCA sets expectations for firms to record communications when working from home
FCA focuses on risks associated with unmonitored communications, including the use of unencrypted apps, such as WhatsApp, for sharing potentially sensitive or confidential information when working from home.
8 January 2021
News alert: Lockdown and other immigration updates
Further to our last alert of 10 December, we have an update in relation to new travel restrictions announced today, visa applications, changes to the coronavirus guidance and on EU citizens relying on a permanent residence document to naturalise as British citizens.
22 December 2020
HR calls for clarity on COVID vaccinations - Niki Southern quoted in HR Magazine
Niki Southern, Partner in our Employment Law team, was quoted in HR Magazine and Wired discussing the Covid-19 vaccines.
4 December 2020
Regulation and Uptake of the COVID-19 Vaccine
The government has now approved the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The reason they have been able to do this so quickly is because they have taken advantage of the temporary authorisation regime laid out by the Human Medicine Regulations of 2012 and 2020. The 2012 Regulations were updated in 2020 specifically to facilitate the smooth rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the public consultation preceding the introduction of these updated regulations, several respondents raised concerns regarding unlicensed vaccines and immunity from civil liability. In practice, very little is known about these regulations and their application. This article seeks to shed some light on the temporary authorisation regime and suggest a means of alleviating concerns in the context of “vaccine hesitancy”.
1 December 2020
The question of Christmas: How far can employers go in telling employees where to spend it?
The Government's latest announcement reducing quarantine requirements for travellers returning to England from 14 to 5 days post-15 December 2020 (providing they can provide a negative test result for COVID-19) once again raises questions for employers on what right they have to influence employees' overseas holiday and travel plans over the Christmas period.
