The TUC has provided an update on safer working guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Many people have been working outside the home throughout the first phase of the coronavirus crisis. But the approach to encouraging more people back to workplaces set out by the Prime Minister on Sunday evening, and the briefing that led up to the announcement, were a recipe for confusion and anxiety.
"Instructing people to go back to sites and factories with just a few hours’ notice, before the publication of guidance and without time for employers and unions to assess risks and take steps to address them was reckless. Above all, working people need a clear and serious approach to managing the easing of the lockdown, not to be rushed back to workplaces before careful thought and action have gone into making them as safe as possible."
Read the full statement via the PDF attachment.
