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The time it takes for certain convictions to become ‘spent’ will be reduced so that they are no longer automatically disclosed on employment checks.

The UK’s main inflation measure in August 2020 was 0.2%.

A legal duty to collect test and trace data, removal of the ‘five steps to working safely’ guidance, and new advice on running testing programmes are among the updates to government guidance for business affected by COVID-19.

In response to COVID-19, certain changes have been made to the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) rules.

A median 2.7% of working time was lost to sickness in 2019, equating to 6.4 days per employee.