Chapter 5
Key changes and developments
[ch 5: page 81]• new research confirms the “union effect” on safety during the pandemic;
• following High Court action against the government by the IWGB union, the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order 2021 amended section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to extend protection for refusing to undertake work presenting “serious and imminent” danger. It now applies to workers rather than only employees;
• the expiry date for the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 was 27 September 2021.