UK | COVID-19 | Guidance from Government to help businesses support employees during Covid-19

Government departments across the board continue to provide information to help protect and support employees during Covid-19

Resources to help support employees during the pandemic have been made available on diverse topics by officials and others:

• RPEs Fitting: The Health and Safety Executive issues additional guidance on fitting RPEs during Covid-19. More details, including links to videos here. For more on PPEs generally, find the government PPE hub here
• Mental Health: The UK Government highlighted accessible resources on mental health support for employees, available here

The UK government has also launched a business support finder tool, focused on available fiancial resources. More information here Additionally Scotland and Wales put out more information on Social Distancing in the Workplace.

Sources:

• The Health and Safety Executive: RPEs: https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/face-mask-ppe-rpe-coronavirus.htm
• Gov.uk PPE Hub: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe
• Mental Health at Work Toolkit: https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk/toolkit/coronavirus-and-isolation-supporting-yourself-and-your-colleagues/
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-new-coronavirus-business-support-finder-tool
• Scotland Guidance on Social Distancing: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-business-and-social-distancing-guidance/
• Wales Guidance on Social Distancing: https://gov.wales/taking-all-reasonable-measures-maintain-physical-distancing-workplace

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