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UK’s MHRA Grants Marketing Authorization for Chikungunya Vaccine

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On February 5, 2025 Valneva SE (“Valneva”) announced that the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted marketing authorization for Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - March 2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - April 2023

In our latest edition of Employment Flash, we examine developments over the past three months, including the NLRB’s ruling regarding employees’ labor law rights in severance agreements, a Supreme Court decision that upheld...more

Hogan Lovells

Keep a lid on it - reducing respiratory infections in the workplace

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The UK government has published new guidance on reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace. It replaces the earlier working safely during coronavirus guidance, applies to England and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Employers Adjust as COVID-19 Restrictions and Regulations Are Rolled Back Globally

On February 21, Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced that all of England’s COVID-19 regulations and restrictions would be revoked in coming weeks. Shortly thereafter, countries across the globe began to follow...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Living With COVID-19 – Practical Strategies for Managing Your Workforce in the UK

The UK Government announced last week that we are entering a new phase of the pandemic — one where we now learn to live with COVID-19. On 24 February 2022, all domestic COVID-19 regulations restricting public freedoms came to...more

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UK COVID-19: How should employers respond to the anticipated scrapping of self-isolation rules?

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Welcome to the second iteration of our 2022 Employment Law Horizon Scanning blog. This iteration will focus on the anticipated removal of the legal requirement for individuals to self-isolate if they test positive for...more

International Lawyers Network

Vaccine Requirements – UK

Since its widespread roll out over the past year, the UK Government’s COVID19 vaccination programme has been largely successful. To date, over 70% of the population are fully vaccinated and a vaccination booster programme has...more

Morgan Lewis

Update: UK Government Announces Further Easing of Travel Rules

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The UK government has announced further relaxation of travel restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals arriving in the United Kingdom. The new rules include the removal of all testing requirements for fully vaccinated...more

Hogan Lovells

Fair to dismiss unvaccinated care home worker

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An English employment tribunal decided that it was fair for an employer to dismiss a care home worker when she refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19. However, employers should not assume that the decision means that it...more

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Update: UK Eases Travel Rules For The Fully Vaccinated

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The UK government has announced the relaxation of travel restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals arriving in the United Kingdom. The new rules include the removal of pre-departure tests and the use of lateral flow tests...more

A&O Shearman

COVID-19 – the distinction between vaccines and vaccination

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Vaccines - With thanks to a huge global scientific effort, we now have several COVID-19 vaccines that are safe and effective. - ...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Reverses Course, Removes Remaining Countries from ‘Red List’

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In response to the widespread rise in cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant around the globe, the UK government has removed all 11 remaining countries from its “red list.” Following our recent LawFlash which sets out current...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

2021 UK Employment Law Round-Up and Look Ahead to 2022

There have been several important developments to employment law in the United Kingdom in 2021 including the end of the furlough scheme, how employers bring back to work and vaccination requirements. Additionally,...more

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UK COVID-19: New UK restrictions under “Plan B” – Implications for employers in the Hotels & Hospitality sector

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With 336,893 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven days ending on 8 December 2021 (the highest since the week to 16 January 2021) and the concern around the transmissibility of the Omicron variant, the government has...more

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Update: UK Government Announces Tightening of International Travel

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In response to the newly identified COVID-19 variant, Omicron, the UK government has moved 10 countries to the “red list” and reintroduced stringent rules for international travel....more

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UK COVID-19: Will England follow other parts of Europe and re-introduce further Covid-19 restrictions? If so, what does this mean...

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A review of very recent developments on Covid-19 restrictions in the UK, how these developments may have been influenced/reflected by events in Europe and the potential impact on UK employers. What is the current...more

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Kids now can get Covid shots. Will they? And what about the new anti-Covid pills?

Even as the coronavirus batters parts of the country, notably the Mountain West, public health officials are pointing to key ways in which Americans could safely and effectively further quell the pandemic that has claimed...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly - October 2021

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Our October 2021 update includes recent case developments with regard to whether a lack of an appeal renders dismissals unfair, the concept of “working time” under the Working Time Directive as well as less favourable...more

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UK: What are the risks of mandatory vaccination policies in the workplace?

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As workplaces reopen after COVID-19, many employers in the United Kingdom are considering whether to implement policies requiring employees to be fully vaccinated before returning to the workplace. We explore whether this...more

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Employment Tribunal Rulings On Return To Work Refusals – What Can We Learn?

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As the “return to the office” push gathers steam, case law relating to the COVID-19 pandemic is now filtering through the UK’s Employment Tribunal system. The decisions made by employers in respect of staff who refused to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - September 2021

In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments from the UK, including the law governing the return to the workplace and flexible working requests and a proposal to impose a duty on...more

Morgan Lewis

Update: UK Announces New System for International Travel

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The UK government has announced a new, simplified system for international travel. The current red, amber, and green traffic light system will be replaced by a single red list and simplified measures for the rest of the...more

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White House Announces Plan to Remove COVID-19-Related Travel Restrictions for Fully Vaccinated International Travelers

The White House announced on September 20, 2021, that beginning in “early November” 2021, the Biden administration would remove restrictions on international travelers who are seeking to fly to the United States, provided...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

COVID-19 Related Travel Bans to be Rescinded in November

In a press conference scheduled on September 20, 2021, the White House announced that starting in early November, it will rescind the current COVID-19 related travel bans implemented for travelers from China, Iran, the...more

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