Feature Articles

The risks from Covid-19 are still very much present in the workplace and it is important to remember that employers have a duty of care towards their employees to protect the health and safety of their workforce. This information is being continually checked and updated.

With much speculation about the future of bus and coach travel after the pandemic, it is necessary to consider what opportunities there will be for businesses to recover. Tony Francis here examines how a greater involvement with the home to school market could help to secure the future of road passenger transport.

This regularly updated events calendar notifies importers and exporters of forthcoming conferences, seminars/workshops, trade shows, trade missions and networking opportunities worldwide.

Rebecca Fisk discusses what makes a good leader in the early years and encourages leaders and managers to make time for their own professional development.

Opeyemi Ogundeji, researcher and employment law writer at Croner-i, explores whether employers should provide their staff with time off to receive their Covid-19 vaccines, and if this time off should be paid.

What is manual handling? What are the risks? What can you do to control them? A reminder of employers’ responsibilities.

With gender pay gap reports set to return this year, Ben McCarthy, lead researcher and employment law writer at Croner-i details what organisations need to know for this year’s gender pay gap reporting.

In this feature, Caroline Raine outlines the requirements that were introduced in October 2020 by the European Commission on the deadlines for updating REACH registration dossiers, otherwise known as the REACH Implementing Regulation.

Michael Evans considers how effective remote learning has been as an alternative to face-to-face learning in the classroom during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A recent ONS report identifies job categories and workers most at risk during 2020. Most of it is as expected, although there are a few exceptions. Jon Herbert reports.