How employers can support employees with Long Covid

Posted on 20 Apr 2021 by Tom Lane

Long Covid could have a big impact for employers for many months to come. It is a relatively new illness that is not yet fully understood and may keep employees from returning to work for indeterminate amounts of time.

It is the mortality rate that has grabbed headlines, with Covid-19’s biggest effects seen among older people, who are no longer in employment. Many people of working age who caught Covid had relatively mild symptoms and did not require hospitalisation. However, a picture of Long Covid is now emerging, which shows that the chances of…

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