This note considers issues in connection with managing COVID-19 risk in the workplace prior to 1 April 2022 and ceased to be maintained from 28 March 2022. It considers the impact of lockdowns and the lifting of restrictions on businesses in England and Wales, the government's guidance for employers on COVID-secure workplaces as well as employers' health and safety obligations and the impact of contact tracing and isolation requirements on workforces. For an overview of similar issues in Scotland, see Practice note, COVID-19: employment implications in Scotland.

For information on workplace issues related to the relaxation of COVID-19 measures in England and Wales, see Practice note, Living with COVID-19: workplace implications.

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.

In particular, for information on vaccination, see Practice note, COVID-19: employment implications of vaccination, and for other employment law issues arising out of the pandemic, see Practice note, COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and employment law.

For information on the CJRS (which ended on 30 September 2021) and furlough pay, see Practice notes, COVID-19: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 July 2020 (flexible furlough) and COVID-19: calculating furlough pay from 1 July 2020 under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.