Covid updates | 'Naive' fines for staff who head to office, hospitality funding & isolation times cut

When Boris Johnson announced a ‘roadmap’ out of Covid restrictions earlier this year, to be completed before the summer’s end, few could have expected the threat of new rules once again just days before Christmas.

And yet, in the past fortnight, guidance on working from home has returned, alongside reimposed rules on face masks in public settings and the acceleration of the booster jab programme.

And in this past week alone, several big changes have been made that the people function should keep on top of. Here, HR Grapevine explores some of the most significant measures:

Fines for working from the office