Legal Considerations for Returning to the Office

As firms increasingly begin to reopen their offices, following the mass move to remote working during lockdown, legal considerations will need to be folded into their return to office plans. Jeremy Bark, a Health and Safety Law Specialist at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, will provide an overview of the safeguards government is requiring businesses to have in place for the returning workforce. Adam Lambert, an Employment Law Specialist at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, will then look at the additional potential pitfalls and how to manage them, as well as highlighting the ways in which the workforce may never return to what it was.

Topics will include:

• What are the rules on who can return
• Ensuring social distancing
• Visitors and communal areas
• Masks and handwashing
• What do employers need to do
• Managing an optional or compulsory return
• Dealing with health issues
• Flexible working requests
• Disciplinary action