Feature Articles

Great Britain’s transition period with the European Union ended on 31 December 2020. Nearly a year on, Caroline Raine looks at some of the divergence from the EU with regards to chemicals regulations and discusses potential future divergence.

After a 12-month delay due to the Covid pandemic, COP26 finally got underway at the weekend. Hosted by the UK and Italy, world leaders and climate negotiators gathering in Glasgow have just two weeks to thrash out an agreement for what many believe to be the last chance to save the planet from the irreversible consequences of climate change. But, as John Barwise explains, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the main cause of climate change, remains the biggest challenge.

These FAQs deal with the mechanics of furloughing workers under the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) in place from November 2020.

SCIP is the public database for information on Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) established under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD). In this feature article, Caroline Raine gives us an update on, and overview of, the SCIP Database.

Researcher and employment law writer at Croner-i, Opeyemi Ogundeji, explores the recent development on shielding and what this will mean for employers.

In this article, John Barwise explains what measures businesses can adopt to reduce the worst impacts of climate change, while adaptation specialist Professor John Dora explains the international standard ISO 14090 — the benchmark for business resilience in the long term — which provides a structured approach to adaptation.

Laura King evaluates whether migraines can be classed as a disability and assesses workplace adaptions that can be implemented to help migraine sufferers.

How can PPE prevent the spread of coronavirus at work? Mike Sopp summarises Government guidance on when and where PPE should be used.

One of the world’s largest resources for limiting climate change lies under not only our rural but also our urban feet. Unless we treat the ground we stand on with more respect, trillions of vital allies could be lost, says Jon Herbert.

As climate change-related extreme weather events become more frequent, hotter and wetter, previously unthinkable unorthodox solutions are increasingly becoming thinkable, Jon Herbert explains.