This note considers workplace issues related to the relaxation of COVID measures, as COVID-19 transitions from a pandemic to an endemic. It covers employers' health and safety obligations, absence and isolation policies, pay for isolation, testing and how to deal with employees who raise health and safety concerns. For an overview of similar issues in Scotland, see Practice note, COVID-19: employment implications in Scotland.

See UK Employment Coronavirus (COVID-19) toolkit for links to key content on the response of the UK government and devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland to the COVID-19 pandemic. For information on COVID-related cases, see COVID-19: employment-related cases.