In this article it is argued that the COVID-19 crisis offers an important opportunity for engagement and reflection on the operation and effectiveness of laws regarding the workplace in the UK and beyond. The crisis underscores the temporality and partiality of labour law measures, and the need for a reimagining of that law based on more sustainable principles. I argue that this reimagination should coalesce around a human-centric approach to law, and the recognition of the need for deep and varied institutional support for workers. It is argued that these principles have been adopted historically in the context of health and safety law, but have not always been well applied, particularly in the context of the pandemic. In any event, the adoption of these principles and the greater integration of health and safety and labour law would encourage states to better promote worker agency and resilience and hence move towards meeting the aspirations of vulnerability theory.

本文认为，COVID-19 危机为参与和反思英国及其他地区工作场所法律的运作和有效性提供了重要机会。这场危机凸显了劳动法措施的临时性和偏颇性，以及基于更可持续的原则重新构想该法律的必要性。我认为，这种重新构想应该围绕以人为中心的法律方法以及对对工人的深入而多样的制度支持的需求的认识结合起来。有人认为，这些原则历来在健康和安全法的背景下被采用，但并不总是得到很好的应用，特别是在大流行的背景下。在任何情况下，