Coronavirus Hub

On 5 April 2022 the COVID-19 right-to-work concession allowing employers to carry out right-to-work checks by video call, mobile app or email will end.

The dismissal of an employee for redundancy, despite the existence of the furlough scheme, did not make his dismissal unfair.

The dismissal of an employee who remained abroad at the start of the pandemic was automatically unfair on health and safety grounds.

What are the implications for employers of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on 'Freedom Day'?

An employee was unfairly dismissed for raising health and safety issues about lack of PPE and other workplace COVID-secure measures.

We provide some Q&As on various aspects of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which has been extended until the end of September 2021.

Public Health England has updated its shielding advice for the nearly four million people who’ve been categorised as extremely clinically vulnerable.

We look at some of the data protection issues around testing employees at work for COVID-19.

A lorry driver was fairly dismissed for refusing to wear a face mask while on a client’s premises but still in his cab.

HMRC has published details of process for repaying overclaimed grants and the applicable penalties it will impose on employers who have misused the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and claimed to notify HMRC or repay the grant.