When Irish Eyes Are Opened: The Dublin Riot and the Booker Prize
4 December 2023
News Round-Up
4 December 2023
SAGE has urged ministers to prepare for the “rapid deployment” of restrictions, including the reintroduction of work from home rules, if cases reach a certain level.
'Green Passes' have come into force for workers in Italy. Strikes are expected as those who don't get 'jabbed', pay for cumulatively-costly tests or haven't recently recovered from Covid will be suspended without pay.
All Italian workers will be required to show a 'Green Pass', proving that they have been vaccinated, tested or have recovered from Covid – or they will face having their pay stopped after just five days.
Frontline NHS workers will be barred from seeing patients or could lose their jobs if they don't get vaccinated against Covid, according to reports, with a consultation on mandatory vaccination due to be published today.
Mixed messaging from the Government on its work from home guidelines has left many businesses confused, with some Tory MPs warning that companies which rely on office workers will be at risk if this continues.
Care homes could be forced to call on the families of their residents to help out voluntarily on reception and serving meals due to staff shortages caused by the Covid vaccine mandate for staff.
Designers in Bucharest have implemented close to 150 'Covid-free' measures in a new hands-free, virus-scanning office which they hope to see introduced around the world.
Apple has told its global corporate workforce they will not be allowed to return to the office until January 2022 at the earliest. The return has been pushed back partly due to fears over the Delta variant.
One in 16 U.K. firms could close in the next quarter, according to a new study that suggests a million jobs are at risk as lockdown support schemes come to an end.
While the number of U.S. employees only willing to take on new staff who are vaccinated against Covid remains low, the 'no jab, no job' trend appears to be increasing at a worryingly high pace.
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