THE BRITISH Safety Council has backed a joint statement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the CBI and the TUC calling for employers to ensure safe working conditions during the coronavirus outbreak.
The British Safety Council is a membership organisation and charity which campaigns to ensure that no-one is made ill or injured through their work.
Council chairman Lawrence Waterman said: “Since the government’s restrictions came in, we have been very clear that employers must protect workers – key to this is for managers to talk to their employees about how they can manage the risks that coronavirus presents.
“Coronavirus has presented us with a new set of challenges, but it should not undermine our principles – good health and safety practice is about working together to reduce risks and those principles should be applied to making work safe during this crisis.
“There are clearly some employers who are putting safe working conditions at risk – this must end and the HSE is right to insist that it will take action if it has to.”
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Hi I’m working in Belfast in a bank call centre and I don’t feel protected from my employer. Social distancing can not be observed here. We have option to work from home but I’m not allowed due to I’m not working on contract for over 3 years. We had case of Covid 19 in the building who tested positive and this person was able to return to work after 1 week of self isolation showing mild symptoms. I am afraid to return to work, can you please help me?