The do’s and dont’s of dealing with resignations
What should you do when someone resigns??, a quandary that perhaps you have faced, are facing, or will do in
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Individuals can travel for work purposes, but only where they cannot work from home.
Certain jobs require people to travel to their place of work, for instance if they operate machinery, work in construction or manufacturing, or are delivering front line services such as train and bus drivers.
Employers and Employees should discuss their working arrangements, and Employers should take every possible step to facilitate their Employees working from home, including providing suitable IT and equipment to enable remote working.
If they cannot work from home, then they can still travel to work. This is consistent with the Chief Medical Officer’s advice.
Critical workers are those who can still take their children to school or childcare. This critical worker definition does not affect whether or not they can travel to work, if they are not a critical worker, they may still travel to work provided they cannot work from home.
Anyone who has symptoms, or is in a household where someone has symptoms, should not leave their house to go to work, and should self-isolate.
They may be able to get Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for the full period of isolation. To find out if they qualify for SSP you can check on the Gov website.
The government is not saying only people doing “essential” work can go to work. Anyone who cannot work from home can still go to work.
Separately, there is a list of critical workers who can still take their children to school or childcare. Provision has been prioritised for these workers.
Every worker, whether critical or not, should work from home if they can but may otherwise travel to work. Certain businesses where people gather, such as pubs and most shops, to close. Separate guidance has been published on this.
Feedback in areas has been that some Employees feel under pressure, Employers must make all efforts to help people to work from home where possible, as this will help limit the spread of the virus by reducing the amount of contact between people.
In some circumstances this may be impossible, this would apply to those working for a business or organisation that we have not asked to close and requires them to travel and be at work, such as train or bus drivers, construction workers, restaurant workers handling deliveries or those on the frontline like NHS workers.
For these workers who need to be at work, do not have symptoms or live with anyone who has symptoms, and are not vulnerable people, there is clear guidance for employers to help protect workers, or where needed seek the assistance of a HR Professional.
Employers to take socially responsible decisions and listen to the concerns of their workforce, particularly when they have childcare responsibilities. Employers and employees should come to an agreement about these arrangements.
If Employers need advice, they should approach a HR Professional where they can get impartial advice about in-work disputes.
General FAQ’s advice
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:
Yes, provided it is alone or with members of your household.
Individuals must stay at home as much as possible to reduce the spread of the virus. But you can also still go outside once a day for a walk, run, cycle. When doing this you must minimise the time you are out of your home and stay at least two metres away from anyone else that isn’t from your household.
Everyone must all stay away from each other to stop spreading the virus, and that means you should not be meeting friends unless you live in the same household.
Instead, you could keep in touch with your friends using phone or video calls.
No, you should not be visiting family members who do not live in your home.
You should keep in touch with them using phone or video calls.
Where your relatives are elderly or vulnerable, you may leave your house to help them, for example by dropping shopping or medication at their door. You can also help them to order online.
You can only provide support to vulnerable people if you fulfil all of the conditions below:
If the answer is yes to everything above, you may leave your house to provide care or to help a vulnerable person. When outside the home, you should stay at least two metres away from others wherever possible.
Homebuyers and renters should, where possible, delay moving to a new house while measures are in place to fight coronavirus.
If moving is unavoidable for contractual reasons and the parties are unable to reach an agreement to delay, people must follow advice on staying away from others to minimise the spread of the virus.
You can still go to the park for outdoor exercise once a day but only alone or with members of your household, not in groups.
Communal places within parks such as sports courts, playgrounds and outdoor gyms have been closed to protect everyone’s health. Households should use parks responsibly and keep 2 metres apart from others at all times.
Unless you are with members of your household, gatherings of more than two people in parks and other public spaces have been banned. The police have the powers to disperse gatherings and issue fines if necessary.
It is advised you to stay local and use open spaces near to your home where possible, do not travel unnecessarily.
You can still go to the park for outdoor exercise once a day but only by yourself or within your household, not in groups.
We have been asked to keep 2 metres apart from others outside your household at all times when outdoors.
You can leave your home for medical need. If you (or a person in your care) have a specific health condition that requires you to leave the home to maintain your health, including if that involves travel beyond your local area, then you can do so. This could, for example, include where individuals with learning disabilities or autism require specific exercise in an open space two or three times each day; ideally in line with a care plan agreed with a medical professional.
Even in such cases, in order to reduce the spread of infection and protect those exercising, travel outside of the home should be limited, as close to your local area as possible, and you should remain at least 2 metres apart from anyone who is not a member of your household or a carer at all times.
It has been appreciated all the effort people are putting into containing the spread of coronavirus which will help protect our NHS and save lives.
However, if you leave your home or gather in public for any reason other than those specified, the police may:
Individuals who do not pay their fine could be taken to court, with magistrates able to impose unlimited fines.
We offer up to date HR and Employment Law advice, please feel free to contact us with any question you may have on: 07749407703
Information taken from GOV.UK
Dated 28 April 2020
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