Employment weekly highlights—24 March 2022

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This week's edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) guidance by the team at Fox Williams for employers on what they should do about long COVID at work, (2) various travel-related coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations, (3) regulations extending the expiry date of certain provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 relating to Wales, (4) regulations reducing fees for criminal record certificates, (5) an extension to the deadline for responses to the Disability Unit’s disability workforce reporting consultation, (6) the EU’s Women’s Rights and Employment committees agreeing a position on the proposed Pay Transparency Directive, (7) a new policy paper from the government entitled ‘Inclusive Britain’ addressing recommendations from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, (8) an Order increasing the rates of SSP, SMP etc, (9) regulations removing the requirement for fit notes to be completed and signed in ink, (10) commentary by Stephen Ratcliffe, partner at Baker McKenzie, on the Spring Statement, (11) a First-tier Tax Tribunal decision finding that a settlement payment was taxable as employment income,...