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Originally Posted by Pierre
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Some.......Mrs Pierre works in construction and they had a voluntary shut down initially, but their sites stated up last week and they very much have done risk assessments, adjustments and all that is necessary to work again. Hopefully other sectors have had the foresight to do the same.
They would be remiss, even negligent, if they haven’t.
It every businesses responsibility to see how, if possible, they can operate safely in these conditions.
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Indeed but until the Government offer clarity on what that would look like a meaningful risk assessment would be unlikely for most.
From the top of my head the availability/requirement to use PPE, potential amendments to the the 2 metre rule, access to mythical antibody tests and access to childcare for those that aren’t ‘key workers’ are immediate variables that would make a substantive risk assessment impossible just a few weeks ago in advance of any opening.
As you say construction voluntarily shut down in England so presumably has fewer obstacles than other sectors.
For other businesses the furlough scheme is exactly there to ensure they aren’t required to operate unsafely or prematurely in the pursuit of profits at the cost of workers lives.