Fiction: Everyone must wear masks in shops and restaurants, controllers of premises can insist they are worn and the government had not always intended to increase the requirements for wearing masks. Law: The law in relation to wearing face coverings in shops has not changed in principle from 24th July 2020. We explain the law […]
Face covering requirements expanded from 8th August Read More »
Fiction: People in Greater Manchester cannot meet up with each other and must stay at home as much as possible. Law: From Wednesday 5th August 2020, new laws were introduced over the ‘protected area’ of Greater Manchester area restricting its inhabitants from receiving people into their homes visiting anyone’s home in England that is outside
Greater Manchester – the new restrictions Read More »
Fiction: New lockdown laws have been put in place in NW England. Law: Leaving aside the issue of face covering, nothing has actually changed since ‘independence day’ on 4th July. At that point the government revoked the lockdown restrictions almost in entirety. They left a reducing list of businesses required to stay closed and, otherwise,
Lockdown ‘law’ in NW England is a fiction Read More »
Fiction: Employees have to wear a mask if their employer tells them to. Law: Wearing of face covering is not required by law, nor even government guidance, in ordinary situations such as supermarkets, shops and offices. It is not just employees with disabilities who have special legal protection. Any employee who objects can give themselves
Time to blow the whistle on shops Read More »
The answer to this question is now here: Time to blow the whistle on shops Warning: Law and circumstances can change very quickly. Please note the date of publication of any blog post and check for any updates on the issues addressed. In any event, we do not condone or encourage breaching the law and
Do employees have to wear masks? Read More »
Fiction: Shoppers and public transport users have to declare their ‘reasonable excuse’ for not wearing a face covering and put up with dirty looks as they buy their bananas or travel to work. Law: As a good starting point we recommend remains our post on Face covering for 6 to 12 months from 24th July.
Face covering: litigation threats and administrative headache Read More »
Fiction: Everyone must wear masks in shops and restaurants and controllers of premises can insist they are worn. Law: From 24th July 2020, in England the wearing of a face covering in ‘relevant places’ has, subject to a ‘reasonable excuse’ exemption, been made a legal requirement. Children under the age of 11 are excluded. The
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Fiction: Businesses don’t have a choice about imposing social distancing and other Coronavirus measures. Law: Subject to consideration of health and safety risk assessments as mentioned below, businesses can choose to impose some, all possible or no social distancing measures at all. They can offer dual service provision, directing those worried about Coronavirus to the
Lower prices and no queues here Read More »
Fiction: Lockdown relaxations you read in news and social media apply to England and Wales. Law: Wales is very significantly different from England. Unreported by the media, quietly at 6:00 p.m. on Friday 10th July the Wales Assembly Government revoked its lockdown restrictions almost in entirety and replaced them with a “No. 2” set by
Fiction: Professional beauty treatments have been unlawful since beginning of lockdown and remain restricted. Law: Salons have been restricted for nail, beauty and hairdressing services since the start of lockdown. Mobile services have never been restricted. Read below, cut and pasted from an early post but, for hairdressers, read beauticians and nail artists. From 13th
Eyebrows can be threaded from 13 July (but they always could….) Read More »
