What can an employer do if someone refuses to return to work?

Posted by Carolina Plugaru on

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(Source: People Management)

People Management asks legal experts how to approach the knotty issue of asking staff to come back to a workplace and the key employment law principles to consider

The coronavirus lockdown has created an abundance of unforeseen and unprecedented workplace conundrums for UK employers. And there is another tough task looming: asking people to come back into the workplace, in light of prime minister Boris Johnson’s amended guidance, issued 11 May, that those who cannot work from home should return to work. 

While usually an employee refusing to attend work would be fair grounds for disciplinary and potentially dismissal, the pandemic has turned employment law gospel firmly on its head. 

 

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