An official legal challenge against the Government’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine rules for care home staff has now been initiated.
How will this impact organisations?
The new regulations are being challenged on the basis that they contravene the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 which prohibits a requirement for people to undergo medical treatment, including vaccinations.
Although the judicial review proceedings would be against the Government, not organisations, any official legal challenge to the new regulations will cause more uncertainty for organisations.
Employers urged to provide support for victims of domestic abuse
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has joined the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA) as a Beacon member and called on more businesses to do the same.
You can read more about this here.
Scotland ready to trial a four-day week
According to polling carried out by think tank IPPR Scotland, 88% of working-age people in Scotland would be willing to take part in shorter working time trial schemes set to be piloted by the Scottish government.
Over 80% said that they would support the introduction of a four-day working week with no loss of pay while a similar percentage believe that a four-day week would have a positive effect on their wellbeing.
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