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SBH  
#1 Posted : 16 March 2020 13:56:09(UTC)
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SBH

If the government self-isolate workers who are over 70 who cant work from home is this RIDDOR reportable if it lasts over the statutory periods

SBH

A Kurdziel  
#2 Posted : 16 March 2020 14:04:18(UTC)
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A Kurdziel

No RIDDOR hasn’t been amended in anyway, so the reporting rules remain the same.

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Dazzling Puddock on 16/03/2020(UTC)
Roundtuit  
#3 Posted : 16 March 2020 14:27:03(UTC)
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Roundtuit

Not RIDDOR the isolation for most would be precautionary rather than in consequence of.

Even for those under 70 self-isolating would still not be RIDDOR as it would be impossible to prove the virus was contracted at or in connection with work.

Roundtuit  
#4 Posted : 16 March 2020 14:27:03(UTC)
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Roundtuit

Not RIDDOR the isolation for most would be precautionary rather than in consequence of.

Even for those under 70 self-isolating would still not be RIDDOR as it would be impossible to prove the virus was contracted at or in connection with work.

Mark-W  
#5 Posted : 17 March 2020 11:47:28(UTC)
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Mark-W

I think there has been some confusion over this. The Govt have made COVID 19 a reportable disease but it gets reported seperately from the RIDDOR process.

IIRC, I read that it's reported via your GP or hospital when they have confirmed positive results to swabs.

A Kurdziel  
#6 Posted : 17 March 2020 12:12:32(UTC)
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A Kurdziel

Just to clarify: Covid 19 is a NOTIFIABLE disuse under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988. This means that if a doctor SUSPECTS that someone has such a disease he must report it to the PHE (or equivalent). They don’t need to wait for a definitive test result. This has nothing to do with RIDDOR.

There is a requirement, in RIDDOR, to report occupational diseases that are acquired due to work activities. So if someone is suspected of having been infected by Covid 19 virus, who works in a medical lab testing for the virus that would be RIDDOR reportable. On the other hand if it looks like they simply caught it from a fellow employee or on the train it is not reportable under RIDDOR.

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Mark-W on 17/03/2020(UTC), Melrose80086 on 18/03/2020(UTC)
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