Gillian MacLellan Making workplaces Covid secure has been a key priority for workplaces that have remained open during the pandemic. Once we know when Scottish office-based workers can return, similar considerations will apply. But what happens if an employee refuses to return to work because of health and safety concerns around Covid? Or refuses to wear a face mask? How should employers handle these situations? The first employment tribunal cases dealing with workplace Covid issues are starting to emerge. In one of the first cases, an employee contacted his employer in March 2020 to say he did not want to return to work until lockdown had ended because of concerns about catching the virus and the impact this would have on his sick child. He was dismissed and claimed that his dismissal was automatically unfair for health and safety reasons.