New guide to employment law

LRD is about to release Law at Work 2020, the trade unionist’s must-have guide to employment law. Now in its 32nd edition, it is designed to provide negotiators, reps and union members with the legal tools to protect jobs, promote safe working, and prevent cuts to terms and conditions.

The booklet is published at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is dominating the news, the workplace, and our homes, so as well as its wide-ranging and comprehensive regular coverage it also advises on issues relevant to the pandemic, such as:

• sickness absence, sick pay, changes to statutory sick pay, self-isolation, sickness absence procedures;

• terms and conditions, social distancing at work, shifts, hours, lay-off, wages, holidays, medical suspension, right to a safe workplace;

• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and redundancy rights;

• Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Protection Scheme;

• rights of safety reps and safety committees and the right of employees to withdraw to a place of safety;

• pregnancy; and

• working from home, keyworkers, time off to care for dependants.

Full details of Law at Work 2020 are available at the link below.

www.lrdpublications.org.uk/lawatwork