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Article 2020-07-31
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) updated guidance on lone workers is timely. In March 2020, as the UK was heading into lockdown, with office workers relocating to work from home, “Protecting lone workers – How to manage the risks of working alone” was published.
Article 2020-06-12
Our latest thinking into the insurance impacts arising from the ongoing crisis is offered against the Office for National Statistics having confirmed that the UK economy shrank by 20.4% in April, the largest monthly contraction on record.
Article 2020-06-08
The results of Part 2 of the Law Commissions’ joint consultation into the regulation of automated vehicles, “emphasised how uncertain the future has become, and how regulation must be sufficiently flexible to deal with a wide variety of eventualities.”
Article 2020-06-04
In recent months, COVID-19 has led to a fundamental shift in the way we work. Millions of office workers are working from home or adopting flexible working arrangements on a daily basis. Meet-and-greet opportunities are completed over emails. Team meetings are conducted over video calls. This will be the “new normal” for a number of office workers in the foreseeable future.
Article 2020-05-27
The mental health aspects of working at home, which can be linked to isolation without the presence of physical team members or managerial support is a key factor that should be considered by an employer on undertaking a risk assessment for home workers.
News 2020-05-18
With only a phased return to work on the horizon, many furloughed workers are facing the prospect of being away from their workplace for at least four months, leaving businesses to tackle how to effectively reintroduce them. With little precedent to follow, partner Alison Loveday says that treating furloughed workers in a similar way to returning mothers may be the answer.
Article 2020-04-17
We continue to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life sciences industry and in this update we consider the EU response to supply chain disruption, vaccine R&D and antibody testing kits.
Article 2020-04-02
Article 2020-03-31
Further reform to fire safety legislation has been announced by the Home Office in the form of the Fire Safety Bill 2019-2021 (the Bill), which was introduced and first read to Parliament on 19 March 2020.
Article 2020-03-31
Since April 2015, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 has conferred powers on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to take enforcement action against registered providers and managers who fail to meet the minimum standard of care.
