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Four weeks left to support LawCare research project

3rd December 2020 | employment | Health
Study aims to show impact of work culture and practices on wellbeing

Period Products Bill passes final stage

25th November 2020 | Health
Lennon hails collaboration to "consign period poverty to history"

Ministers consult on electrician law after bill proposal

23rd November 2020 | consumer | Health , Power and utilities
Paper asks whether regulation needed for public protection

Plea to support ambitious LawCare wellbeing survey

6th October 2020 | careers | Health
"Groundbreaking" study seeks to understand impact of work culture

Breaches of rights in social care cuts: Commission

6th October 2020 | human rights , government-administration | Health , Human rights
Removal of care plans during COVID-19 has had "direct and adverse effect"

New lawyers and students unsupported in lockdown: SYLA

29th September 2020 | careers , education-training | Health
Survey finds more on furlough and students lacking support

Husband's will completed consent for IVF with semen

28th September 2020 | Health
Court grants widow's petition to declare effective statutory consent

Faculty doubts incentive effect of NHS recovery bill

23rd September 2020 | employment | Health
"No reason to believe" member's bill will have workplace safety impact

March date for new organ donation system

15th September 2020 | Health
Opt-out to come into force in spring 2021 after COVID-19 delay

Holyrood committee backs Forensic Medical Services Bill

8th September 2020 | criminal law | Health
Stage 1 report supports giving victims more control over reporting

Forensic mental health interim report highlights issues

31st August 2020 | mental health-adult incapacity , criminal law | Mental health
Evidence shows system at capacity and problems accessing services

Large gatherings in houses now an offence

28th August 2020 | criminal law | Health
New anti-COVID-19 regulations penalise house parties of more than 15

Six month extension for Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts

12th August 2020 | government-administration | Health
Selected provisions will expire, but Acts to continue until 31 March

IBA embarks on lawyers' mental wellbeing project

10th July 2020 | mental health-adult incapacity , careers | Health , EU / international
Surveys for individuals and law firms launched to provide key data

Workplace COVID-19 tests to be tax free, Sunak confirms

8th July 2020 | tax | Health
HMRC to revise guidance following Chancellor's intervention

MSPs call for repeal of emergency mental health law

7th July 2020 | mental health-adult incapacity | Health , Mental health
Committee believes unused streamlined powers no longer justified

COVID police powers review group calling for evidence

16th June 2020 | criminal law | Health
Public invited to report their experiences under emergency powers

ICO issues employee data guidance as businesses reopen

15th June 2020 | employment , human rights | Health and safety , Data protection
Six principles explained for holding staff health data

IBA signs up to pandemic support for LGBTI rights

15th June 2020 | human rights | Discrimination , Health
187 organisations in demand to UN for no discrimination in special measures

Quarantine rules face challenge as they take effect

8th June 2020 | government-administration | Health , Transport
Airlines claim 14 day rule irrational and disproportionate

Mental health law needs more focus on young: Faculty

1st June 2020 | family-child law , mental health-adult incapacity | Mental health
Review submission calls for more tailored provisions to safeguard rights

Law centre threatens disability claim over lockdown

27th May 2020 | human rights | Discrimination , Health
Claim of discrimination after Cummings invokes "exceptional circumstances"

Second Coronavirus Bill passes Holyrood final stage

21st May 2020 | government-administration | Health
Ministers defeated twice on stage 3 amendments

Holyrood inquiry to review pandemic preparedness

18th May 2020 | government-administration | Health
Committee to explore how better to manage future outbreaks
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