16 July 2020
The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed an appeal lodged by Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and Royal Mail Group Ltd against the Employment Tribunal’s decision that Mr D Kocur was an agency worker within the meaning of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010.
16 July 2020
The Institute of Local Exhaust Ventilation Engineers (ILEVE), together with the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), have published new guidance on local exhaust ventilation (LEV), at a time when reducing exposure to airborne contaminants is a topic of increasing interest during the Covid-19 pandemic.
16 July 2020
The Department for Transport has granted permission for Manston Airport in Kent to be transformed into an international air freight hub and passenger airfield. Construction will begin in 2021 with the Airport operating its first cargo services in the first quarter of 2023.
15 July 2020
Employers will be in the driving seat as the Government puts in place a new package of measures for higher technical education.
15 July 2020
Reports coming from the negotiations between the UK and the EU about their future relationship suggest that they are not going well with little sign of compromise as the deadline for concluding an agreement is now only months away.
15 July 2020
An online rehabilitation service for Covid-19 survivors has been launched, to help the many thousands of people who are experiencing long-term effects of the virus.
15 July 2020
The requirement for practices to set aside a minimum of one in 500 appointments for NHS 111 direct booking has been extended until 30 September 2020 "at the earliest", according to NHS England, after the emergency regulations that mandated the requirement lapsed at the end of June.
15 July 2020
NHS England has announced that GPs must resume patient reviews and health checks, including routine medication reviews, as from 1 July 2020.
15 July 2020
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has called for a move to a "higher trust" model and a permanent reduction in red tape and bureaucracy that gives GPs more time to deliver patient care and manage the aftermath of Covid-19 at a community level.
15 July 2020
There have been several reports recently by transport groups looking at how the passenger transport system can recover from the coronavirus crisis (see Rebuilding the bus market in a post-Covid world).