Analysis: both employer and employee have a legal duty to take reasonable care to ensure health and safety in the workplace
With the easing of Covid restrictions, the remaining cohort of those working remotely at home have been gradually returning to their physical workplace since September. However, the pandemic is still prevalent and, as we adjust to the new reality of living in a Covid world, the risk of being exposed to and potentially getting Covid-19 remains, especially as we interact and meet with more people on a daily basis.
While we can choose to limit our social outings and interactions, we do have to go to work. Therefore, there is a very real possibility that you might be a close contact of a colleague who tests positive for Covid-19, or in the worst case scenario, you end up catching Covid from a colleague at work. If this happens what rights, if any, do you have?
From RTÉ Radio 1's Today with Claire Byrne, employment law solicitor Richard Grogan on returning to work
In line with Government guidance, anyone suspected of having Covid symptoms is advised not to attend work and to self-isolate for the required quarantine period. The primary concern for many people then would be taking time off work due to illness and if you have a right to be paid for this period of sick leave. Whether or not you are eligible for sick pay from your employer is very much dependent on the terms and conditions of your individual contract of employment, and any sick leave pay...
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