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Article 19 ago 2020
Following a workplace incident, authorities investigating possible breaches of health and safety law will request company health and safety policies and pre-existing job descriptions, with a view to establishing, amongst other things, which employees held specific duties and responsibilities with respect to health and safety.
Article 19 ago 2020
During the COVID-19 lockdown, the majority of Criminal Courts and Coroners’ Courts have been unable to hold physical (i.e. in person) hearings. In order to progress cases, those courts have been holding administrative hearings by way of video conferencing platforms.
Article 31 jul 2020
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 12 jun 2020
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 8 jun 2020
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 4 jun 2020
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 27 mai 2020
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 18 mai 2020
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 17 abr 2020
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 2 abr 2020
