Welcome to our latest Coffee Break – this week we focus on the current position with Covid-19 and address some of the common questions arising.

Covid-19: What is the latest position?

The government announced back in February its plan for "living with Covid" in England, setting out a series of dates shaping the approach to managing Covid-19 going forward, including the end of the legal duty to self-isolate from 24 February (although the current guidance states people who test positive should "stay at home if you can and avoid contact with other people").

This week it has been announced that all remaining travel restrictions will be removed from Friday 18 March, removing the current requirement for people entering the UK to take a test or complete a passenger location form and the need for unvaccinated passengers to take a pre-departure test and a day two post-arrival test. On 24 March statutory sick pay (SSP) rules will revert to the pre-pandemic regime and 1 April sees the following further changes which employers will need to factor into their approach to managing Covid-19:

• The current government guidance which is still in place on self-isolation will come to an end; individuals will be encouraged to exercise personal responsibility and consider the risk they are posing to others.
• Employers will no longer be required to specifically consider Covid-19 in their health and safety risk assessments, instead this will form part of their wider responsibilities to provide a...

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