Back to School: HR and employment FAQs, March 2021
Despite the national vaccination rollout going to plan it is understandable that many school staff will be feeling hesitant about next week’s almost full return to the school site. We have put together FAQs to assist with your ongoing support and management of your employees.
Please note: the information contained in this legal update is correct as of the original date of publication.
Despite the national vaccination rollout going to plan it is understandable that many school staff will be feeling hesitant about next week’s almost full return to the school site. Whilst much of the framework for how you make decisions on this issue will be broadly familiar to you from other points in the pandemic over the last year, we have put together the following HR and employment focused FAQs to assist with your ongoing support and management of your employees.
Areas of focus include:
- Long COVID
- Vaccines
- Annual leave
- Performance management
- Risk assessments
- Clinically Extremely Vulnerable
- Anxious employees
- Face coverings
- Recruitment
Contact
Emma Hughes
Partner
emma.hughes@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2338
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