It's that time of the year when employment law
changes traditionally take effect in the UK. There is little
legislative change this April, but we expect new guidance on living
with Covid to be published and the usual limits and statutory
payments will increase.
Here is our summary of the most important changes taking effect
this month.
Changes to Covid guidance in England
Under the government's Living with Covid strategy, many
Covid measures ended on 1 April:
- Universal free Covid testing ended.
- Employers are no longer obliged to explicitly refer to Covid in
their health and safety risk assessments.
- The sector-specific guidance on working safely during
coronavirus will be replaced.
