Long COVID was a disability

The first Employment Tribunal case to determine that an employee with long COVID was disabled within the meaning of Section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 has taken place. The employee was a caretaker and he tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020. Initially, he was...

Waiting for the conflict

Recently I have been commenting about the rising conflict that I am seeing in the workplace. This is unsurprising given some of the tensions that are around managing COVID-19 and the lessening of restrictions – the burden is being placed on employers to resolve the...

Déjà vu – Shielding

If this feels familiar, we have been here before … In WalesThe clinically extremely vulnerable have been advised to shield in Wales since the 22 December 2020. Shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable will be paused on 31 March 2021. The fact that the word...

COVID-19 – Risk Assessments: update

We are only 4 weeks into January and already this is the second time I have blogged about updating risk assessments. My last Blog on the subject can be found here. Why I am nagging you again is that on 20 January 2021, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions)...