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Coronavirus (COVID-19)—No current plans to commence emergency volunteering leave

Published on: 01 June 2020
Published by LNB News

LNB News 01/06/2020

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Issue Date: 01 June 2020

Published Date: 01 June 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England

Article summary

There are no plans at this time to commence the provisions on emergency volunteering leave in the Coronavirus Act 2020 according to a report by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) dated 29 May 2020. Sections 8 and 9 and Schedule 7 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 provide for a temporary new form of statutory unpaid leave for employees and workers who wish to volunteer in the health and social care sectors during the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19)​. These provisions were intended to come into force should the delivery of health services be at risk as a result of the pandemic. The DHSC report confirms that to date there has not been a significant risk to health services and a surge in trained volunteers has not been required​ so these provisions​​ have not been introduced.

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