{"id":6043,"date":"2020-04-22T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line-ehs.co.uk\/ehs\/?p=6043"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:27:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T03:27:31","slug":"uk-covid-19-guidance-from-government-to-help-businesses-support-employees-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-covid-19-guidance-from-government-to-help-businesses-support-employees-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"UK | COVID-19 | Guidance from Government to help businesses support employees during Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro\">\n\nGovernment departments across the board continue to provide information to help protect and support employees during Covid-19\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n\nResources to help support employees during the pandemic have been made available on diverse topics by officials and others:\n<ul>\n \t<li><u>RPEs Fitting:<\/u>\u00a0The Health and Safety Executive issues additional guidance on fitting RPEs during Covid-19. More details, including links to videos\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/news\/face-mask-ppe-rpe-coronavirus.htm\">here<\/a>. For more on PPEs generally, find the government PPE hub\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe\">here<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><u>Mental Health<\/u>: The UK Government highlighted accessible resources on mental health support for employees, available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk\/toolkit\/coronavirus-and-isolation-supporting-yourself-and-your-colleagues\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe UK government has also launched a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/business-coronavirus-support-finder\">business support finder tool<\/a>, focused on available fiancial resources. More information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-launches-new-coronavirus-business-support-finder-tool\">here<\/a>\n\nAdditionally\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-business-and-social-distancing-guidance\/\">Scotland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/taking-all-reasonable-measures-maintain-physical-distancing-workplace\">Wales<\/a>\u00a0put out more information on Social Distancing in the Workplace.\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"noteSource\">\nSources:\n<ul>\n \t<li>The Health and Safety Executive: RPEs:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/news\/face-mask-ppe-rpe-coronavirus.htm?\">https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/news\/face-mask-ppe-rpe-coronavirus.htm<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Gov.uk PPE Hub:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Mental Health at Work Toolkit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk\/toolkit\/coronavirus-and-isolation-supporting-yourself-and-your-colleagues\/\">https:\/\/www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk\/toolkit\/coronavirus-and-isolation-supporting-yourself-and-your-colleagues\/<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-launches-new-coronavirus-business-support-finder-tool\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-launches-new-coronavirus-business-support-finder-tool<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Scotland Guidance on Social Distancing:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-business-and-social-distancing-guidance\/\">https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-business-and-social-distancing-guidance\/<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Wales Guidance on Social Distancing:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/taking-all-reasonable-measures-maintain-physical-distancing-workplace\">https:\/\/gov.wales\/taking-all-reasonable-measures-maintain-physical-distancing-workplace\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/12384047\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6079 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/hse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Yay-for-Black-Friday-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Yay-for-Black-Friday-2.png 728w, https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Yay-for-Black-Friday-2-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Yay-for-Black-Friday-2-400x49.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a>\n\nJoin our\u00a0LinkedIn discussion group,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/12384047\/\">COVID-19 HSE Red-on-line Experts Forum<\/a>, to share your experiences and best practices relative to the novel coronavirus with fellow EHS professionals and the Red-on-line team.\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government departments across the board continue to provide information to help protect and support employees during Covid-19 Resources to help&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[591,611],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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