Coronavirus: what the new lockdown regulations mean for where we can work and other lockdown updates

The government has now made the emergency legislation necessary to impose a four week lockdown on England starting on Thursday 5 November. We look at the stricter regime for offices.

Earlier this week, we reported on the national lockdown restrictions due to come into force on Thursday. As part of that, we speculated on what this might mean for employees returning to the office, especially as the guidance continues to talk about people working at home if they can do so “effectively”. Now the government has published the lockdown regulations which provide the legal basis for the restrictions coming into force. Although this still needs to be voted on by Parliament, it suggests the government plans to take a more restrictive approach to when people can attend their workplace.

We look at this and some other lockdown updates below.