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I have a client who has depots all around the country, and operatives work out from the depot and visit residential estates to undertake grounds maintenance. If the depot town is in local lockdown like leicester, can they leave that area to work in another area. And what if a worker lives in a locked down town and workers at a depot in a neighbouring town; cannot find any proper guidance to say whether they can work. They have all the measures in place for COVID-19 security
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All that the “Lockdown” for Leicester means is that the partial lifting of the lockdown that has happened in the rest of the country won’t happen is the Leicester area. No new restrictions will be imposed. See https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leicestershire-coronavirus-lockdown-areas-and-changes If your work is deemed to be “essential” then it can go ahead. Other local lockdowns might have different restrictions but that will require new regulations
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People are travelling from Leicester to our industrial estate on a regular basis, both for work and deliveries. Thankfully we have no employees from Leicester for me to have to make that decision, since as usual the advice is vague and wishy washy. I think we could re-furlough them, but since it is manufacturing work, we couldn't get them to work from home.
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Work in many industries, including manufacturing and construction, has never been stopped. It does not have to be 'essential'. I know it was all a bit confusing, this article came across my desk yesterday, from a legal source. Points out that there was a 'misunder-hearing' over working during the 'lockdown'. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/don-t-blame-boris-for-lockdown-rule-confusion
So I am fairly sure that the same rules will apply in Leicester from today if the regulations are put through. If a journey is for one of the limited reasons set out - which includes going to work - then people will be able to carry on going in or out of the zone. 'Non-essential shops' and other businesses or activities specifically listed in the original regulations HAD to close, but if not on the list, the 'rule' was work from home if you can, but if you can't, then follow Covid guidance (2m, hand hygiene, ventilation etc) but keep going. Some did, many didn't. Same again here.
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Apparently, the spike in Leicester is largely down to young people up to 19, which doesn't surprise me one bit, in view of what a lot of them have been up to, although there are clearly other factors.
There are spikes in many other towns (Bradford, Barnsley, Rochdale etc etc), in fact many of the towns in England. These might all result in local lockdowns, but in view of the sheer number of them, we might be heading for a nationwide lockdown again. What do they have in common? They're all towns, where people are in close proximity to one another. Part of the reason for the initially low spread of the virus in places like India was put down to most of it being rural, which limited the opportunity for spread, but the albeit lower mobility of people eventually had its effect, and the numbers went up.
My previous comments elsewhere about bringing in the army weren't meant to suggest a police state, but they have been used domestically in previous situations to help out (the drought and subsequent fires in 1976 being a classic example), and where there are situations of public disorder, the police are really struggling to control them.
Edited by user 02 July 2020 14:15:08(UTC)
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At least the army would have delivered a comprehendable map as opposed to the drunken spider generated by the local authority.
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At least the army would have delivered a comprehendable map as opposed to the drunken spider generated by the local authority.
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