2022
January
- Government mandates Covid vaccine for health and social care workers
- Reducing sick pay for the unvaccinated
- Tribunal finds contractual vaccination requirement was reasonable
February
- Government to consult on removing health and social care vaccine mandate
- Workers entitled to indefinite carry over of unpaid annual leave
- Government plans to end self-isolation requirements
- Government announces end to all Covid restrictions in England
March
- Significant increase in cost of redundancies and unfair dismissal claims
- Government to revoke mandatory vaccine regulations
- Get ready for legal changes in April
- Government sets deadline for P&O Ferries to explain actions
April
- Supporting employees during Ramadan
- Government announces new statutory code of practice on fire and rehire
- Government expected to delay introduction of new employment rights
- Supporting neurodiverse employees in the workplace
- Recognising the importance of financial wellbeing in the workplace
May
- City law firm offers staff permanent remote working for 20% pay cut
- Government to introduce legislation to extend the ban on exclusivity clauses
- New guidance released on preventing sexual harassment at work
- Proposals to reform Statutory Sick Pay unveiled in parliament
- Implications for employers of monkeypox outbreak
June
- Flight cancellations cause disruption to workplaces
- More health professionals given powers to issue fit notes
- Government plans to lift ban on use of agency workers during strikes
- New guidance released on navigating fertility journeys in the workplace
July
- EAT finds a lack of belief in transgenderism is a philosophical belief
- Government introduces online recruitment checks for education
- Government backs neonatal leave and new law to protect staff tips
- Holiday leave and pay cannot be pro-rated for part-year workers
August
- New guidance published on employment status
- What does the Bank of England’s interest rate rise mean for employers?
- Time to get ready for August bank holiday
- Transport Secretary announces plan to reform strike rules
- What will a new Prime Minister mean for employers?
September
- New Prime Minister considering review of working time rules
- Bank holiday confirmed for date of The Queen’s funeral
- Right to work checks changing
- HR implications of mini-Budget announcement
October