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title: "Webinar: can businesses stop sick pay for unvaccinated staff"
description: Can businesses stop company sick pay for isolating unvaccinated employees? Join this webinar with Legal Director Charlotte Geesin to learn more.
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 Free Webinar:

# Can businesses stop sick pay for unvaccinated employees?

Can businesses stop company sick pay for isolating, unvaccinated employees? What could be the legal and HR implications of this move that big companies like Ikea and Next have recently made?

Join myhrtoolkit and our guest speaker Charlotte Geesin, who is the Legal Director at Howarths, on this free webinar for SME employers and HR managers to learn more about:

- The potential legal ramifications of treating vaccinated and unvaccinated employees differently
- Company and statutory sick pay
- Making changes to company sick pay policy
- Avoiding direct and indirect discrimination

If you want to learn more about this emerging employment law issue and how it could affect your small business, watch this webinar on demand today.

*Note that this webinar was recorded on Wednesday 9th February, 2022, and there may have been legislative updates on this issue since this point.*

### Speaker Profile

![Charlotte Geesin](https://www.myhrtoolkit.com/hubfs/Charlotte-Geesin.jpg)

Charlotte Geesin Legal Director, Howarths

Charlotte Geesin is the Legal Director at Howarths. After qualifying as a Solicitor in 2011, she has specialised in providing Employment Law advice to the SME market ever since. In 2019, Charlotte also became qualified to practice Immigration Law and now also supports businesses with their immigration requirements.

## Watch on demand

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