What are the employment law highlights from the last 12 months? In this briefing, we reflect on some of the most interesting and important cases and developments for employers to remember as the year draws to a close.

COVID-19

• Employers learnt to live with Covid: on 1 April 2022 the last Covid-related restrictions were withdrawn, and the Government moved to the next phase of the pandemic – “living with Covid”. In this briefing, we discussed the impact of changes affecting the workplace, including the end of free Covid testing and the removal of the self-isolation requirements and special health and safety rules.

• Dealing with reluctant returners: as employers learnt to live with Covid, the focus quickly shifted to getting staff back into the workplace. On 26 April 2022, we held a webinar looking at how employers should deal with staff who were reluctant to return to the workplace after working from home during the pandemic. You can access both the recording of that webinar, together with the slide presentation used on the day, here.

• The emergence of “Long Covid”: with an estimated 1.8 million people in the UK now suffering with Long Covid, employers also had to learn how to manage staff with the condition. In this briefing, we considered when Long Covid may qualify as a disability and the steps that employers may need to take as a result. We also looked at Burke v Turning Point Scotland, where it was decided that an employee who had suffered with Covid symptoms for...

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