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Hi Guys, business X has 450 employees, of all of the employees all who can be sent home have been sent home. A survey was sent to screen employees falling under the following: Employee has underlying health condition or 70+
These employees who have come back saying yes to Q1, they want to continue working as they will be reduced to SSP and then face more difficulty. What do we advise? In one sense Im thinking we have a duty of care and we have clearly been informed they are at higher risk, we have screened and confirmed they are and should be sent home. In the other sense the government has not made it mandatory to do so?
Any help much appreciated.
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Won't you be glad of those employees when the parents are stuck at home next Monday with their kids?
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Won't you be glad of those employees when the parents are stuck at home next Monday with their kids?
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..you may have screened them, however unless thier medical professional has said isolate then they are free to come to work so long as they follow the basic precautions....if we don't socialise we won't build an immunity...follow the guidance until they pass the emergency powers which says they can detain you for up to 6 weeks for showing signs of a cold...
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Please read the Social Distancing guidelines very carefully. There is nothing that says that 70+ people or those with things like diabetes or asthma need to be at home and away from work and other people. It just says they should work from home if at all possible and should apply strict Social Distance guidelines. Make sure they understand fully what the guidance is, print it out give them a copy and discuss with them in detail, it is their choice. Link is below.
People at extra high risk (like me with leukaemia) are going to be given additional guidance next week and that may mean that for us it is game over and we have to stay at home.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people
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Originally Posted by: Hsquared14  Please read the Social Distancing guidelines very carefully. There is nothing that says that 70+ people or those with things like diabetes or asthma need to be at home and away from work and other people. It just says they should work from home if at all
sorry if this is a stupid question, just doing NG1 of NEBOSH - don’t employers and business owners have a duty of care to ensure those vulnerable workers and contractors don’t work? We have a situation where a contractors employee is trying to insist, 1 boss agrees with the contractors employee, another is saying we have an absolute duty of care and they are not to enter property until government guidance changes...
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There is a duty of care to them, but fulfilling it doesn't necessarily involve stopping them working.
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Originally Posted by: rpemberton
sorry if this is a stupid question, just doing NG1 of NEBOSH - don’t employers and business owners have a duty of care to ensure those vulnerable workers and contractors don’t work? We have a situation where a contractors employee is trying to insist, 1 boss agrees with the contractors employee, another is saying we have an absolute duty of care and they are not to enter property until government guidance changes...
We are making sure that our "vulnerable" workers are aware of their rights. They can go home on SSP if they would prefer and we would support that (As previously stated I work in manufacturing, working from home is not an option). Nobody has taken us up on that offer as they can't afford that level of pay drop. Therefore we are taking precautions as best as we can. Our factory is very roomy, by the nature of the work, therefore they very seldomly have anybody approach closer than 2m. They don't have to clock in and out with the other workers. They can take thier lunch away from everyone else. They get extra time for "hygiene" breaks (washing hands etc.). Personally I would like to send them home, but our directors won't pay them and I understand that this financial hit would be severe for them. However if someone presents for work with any symptoms, they are sent home immediately under our duty of care. We cannot vouch for their safety, nor the safety of those around them. They are sent home on SSP.
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