This episode is a recorded version of Daniel Barnett's special LBC Radio programme on the legal implications in the workplace of coronavirus.  He discusses issues and answers questions from callers including:

• the government's proposed reforms to sickpay
• can the NHS insist paramedics shave their facial hair to make masks more effective?
• do jurors have to turn up to jury service?
• should driving instructors stop giving lessons?
• the difference between sickpay and statutory sickpay
• as a wedding photographer, what are my rights if weddings are cancelled?
• what medical evidence is needed to take time off?
• what employers should do if people decide not to come to work
• what steps can employers take to help employees?
• do I get paid if my employer closes the workplace?
• what if my employer tells me to come into work, despite someone at work being diagnosed with Covid-19?
• what are the issues facing self-employed individuals?
• what if I need to take time off because my childrens' school has closed?

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