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Restricting travel abroad after 17th May?

Rebecca

Hello, 

A question has arisen within our organisation, can employers legally stop employees travelling abroad now that the 'Stay in the UK' restriction will be lifted? Can we stop them going to green countries, or can we not do this? 

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  • We had similar discussions last year in a school environment, when travel was legal but the risk of a country being added to the quarantine list was very real. We tried to communicate positively with our staff in the October half term - to say that while we had no wish or right to interfere with their holiday plans, we did expect all staff to be available to return to work when teaching started again.

    Some of our staff had really important reasons for travel, and we agreed exceptions in as supportive way as we could - but our position remains that we need staff to be available for work in person, and the onus is on them to do everything in their power to make that happen.

    What we didn't want to do was to encourage anyone to hide travel plans from us or to breach any quarantine - so tried hard to walk the line between encouragement and support. Broadly it worked!
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  • We had similar discussions last year in a school environment, when travel was legal but the risk of a country being added to the quarantine list was very real. We tried to communicate positively with our staff in the October half term - to say that while we had no wish or right to interfere with their holiday plans, we did expect all staff to be available to return to work when teaching started again.

    Some of our staff had really important reasons for travel, and we agreed exceptions in as supportive way as we could - but our position remains that we need staff to be available for work in person, and the onus is on them to do everything in their power to make that happen.

    What we didn't want to do was to encourage anyone to hide travel plans from us or to breach any quarantine - so tried hard to walk the line between encouragement and support. Broadly it worked!
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