An expected change in rules in England could hit low-paid workers, the trade union says.
People should not be forced into making a "terrible choice" over going into work with Covid or risking losing income by self-isolating at home, the Trades Union Congress has said.
As well as scrapping isolation laws, the government is also expected to reduce the amount of free Covid tests, after the prime minister said £2bn was spent on tests in January. "If they have got Covid they want to be able to stay at home without facing a terrible choice about whether that means losing income for a week and they want to keep their colleagues safe and the other people they work with safe too," she said.Meanwhile, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady told the BBC's World at One that workers could not be expected to "fork out themselves for tests".
Rachel Knappier, director of service at HR company Croner, told the Today programme that it looked like the decision over isolation would be "put back in the hands" of employers. But she said she did not think the brewer would be "happy paying them sick pay" if someone had a dry cough.
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