Employers and staff have been given advice on what they should do as the number of UK cases of monkeypox has continued to rise.
Cases in this country have passed 70 so far this week, with outbreaks also being reported in Europe, the US, Canada, Israel, and Australia.
Below, Debbie Coyne, employment law solicitor at Aaron & Partners, discusses what employers should do if a member of staff contracts the disease, employers’ and employees’ rights, if this is a similar situation to Covid for business leaders and whether that 21-day isolation period is legally mandatory.
