What Does Plan B Mean For Office-Based Employers?

In this briefing we round up the Plan B contingency measures to be adopted in the fight against the Omicron variant and assess what the latest "work from home" guidance really means for office-based employers.

What are the Plan B restrictions and when do they come into force?

The Government's Autumn and Winter plan set out the measures needed to manage COVID through the Autumn and Winter months, including contingency measures - a "Plan B" - to be followed in the event of unsustainable pressure on the NHS. On 8 December 2021, the Prime Minister announced that these Plan B measures were to be triggered in the light of the growing number of Omicron variant infections (you can read more about the Omicron variant in our briefing here). The Plan B restrictions are summarised below.