{"id":14337,"date":"2020-09-02T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T10:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line-ehs.co.uk\/ehs\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:28:38","slug":"uk-covid-19-the-heath-and-safety-executive-continues-spot-inspections-across-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-covid-19-the-heath-and-safety-executive-continues-spot-inspections-across-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"UK | Covid-19: The Heath and Safety Executive continues spot inspections across the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>  With more employees returning to their place of work, the HSE has started spot inspections to <a>inspect businesses to insure that they have put in place measures to protect their employees<\/a> in the workplace and that either <a>risk assessments<\/a> have been updated to reflect COVID related risks or that a specific risk assessment has been done concerning Coronavirus risks.  To help with this both the HSE and governments have provided guidance on making your workplace COVID secure. <ul>   <li>The HSE has published a template for a&nbsp;<a>Covid-19 risk assessment<\/a>. For general guidance on working safely during the coronavirus outbreak&nbsp;<a>click here<\/a><\/li>   <li>Find Government Guidance here for&nbsp;<a>England<\/a>,&nbsp;<a>Wales<\/a>,&nbsp;<a>Scotland (under businesses, work places and self-employed people)<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a>Northern Ireland<\/a>. There you will find general and sector-specific guidance on making your workplace Covid-19 secure.<\/li> <\/ul> <\/div> <h4>Sources:<\/h4> <ul>   <li><a>HSE Workright Campaign for Covid 19 on Spot inspections<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>HSE Covid 19 Risk assessment&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>HSE Covid-19 Workplace Safety<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>England, Gov.uk Return to Work&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>Welsh government, Business and Employers:Coronavirus Subtopic<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>Scottish Government:&nbsp;Coronavirus in Scotland<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>Northern Ireland (NI Direct) Regulations Guidance:work and Business&nbsp;<\/a><\/li> <\/ul> <a><img><\/a>   <span class=\"separator separator--center separator--gradient separator--md\"><\/span>\n\n\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-color-5-color\"><strong>EHS regulatory compliance and monitoring \u2013 an expert solution to ensure your organization\u2019s compliance <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay ahead of evolving HSE requirements across 300+ jurisdictions, with daily updates curated by our in-house legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bttn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/solutions\/regulatory-compliance-and-monitoring\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"bttn  bttn--md\"><span class=\"bttn__cont-label-icon\"><span class=\"bttn__label\">Discover Red-on-line\u2019s regulatory compliance and monitoring solution.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>  As more and more businesses prepare to reopen, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has started spot inspections to verify Covid-19 readiness in businesses.  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[475,591,76,601,611],"tags":[454,545,546],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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