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.
• The guidance on self-isolation will also be changed. The new guidance has not yet been published but a government press release suggests that it will advise anyone with symptoms of a respiratory infection and a high temperature or who feels unwell to remain at home until they feel well enough to undertake normal activities and no longer have a high temperature. Anyone receiving a positive Covid test result will also be advised to try to stay at home for five days. The new guidance will also recommend that anyone with symptoms or a positive test result who needs to leave their home should avoid close contact with those with weakened immune systems, wear a face covering and avoid crowded places.

For a more detailed discussion of the upcoming changes, see here.

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