{"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":"2025-08-20T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:32:15","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":"<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":"<p><div>  Government departments across the board continue to provide information to help protect and support employees during Covid-19  <\/div>\n<div>  Resources to help support employees during the pandemic have been made available on diverse topics by officials and others: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>RPEs Fitting:<\/u> The Health and Safety Executive issues additional guidance on fitting RPEs during Covid-19. More details, including links to videos <a>here<\/a>. For more on PPEs generally, find the government PPE hub <a>here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u>Mental Health<\/u>: The UK Government highlighted accessible resources on mental health support for employees, available <a>here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The UK government has also launched a <a>business support finder tool<\/a>, focused on available fiancial resources. More information <a>here<\/a>  Additionally <a>Scotland<\/a> and <a>Wales<\/a> put out more information on Social Distancing in the Workplace.  <\/div>\n<div> Sources: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Health and Safety Executive: RPEs: <a>https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/news\/face-mask-ppe-rpe-coronavirus.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gov.uk PPE Hub: <a>https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mental Health at Work Toolkit: <a>https:\/\/www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk\/toolkit\/coronavirus-and-isolation-supporting-yourself-and-your-colleagues\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: <a>https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-launches-new-coronavirus-business-support-finder-tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scotland Guidance on Social Distancing: <a>https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-business-and-social-distancing-guidance\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wales Guidance on Social Distancing: <a>https:\/\/gov.wales\/taking-all-reasonable-measures-maintain-physical-distancing-workplace <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a><img \/><\/a>  Join our LinkedIn discussion group, <a>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.  <\/div><\/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 v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK | COVID-19 | Guidance from Government to help businesses support employees during Covid-19 - Red On line (COM)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-covid-19-guidance-from-government-to-help-businesses-support-employees-during-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK | COVID-19 | Guidance from Government to help businesses support employees during Covid-19 - Red On line (COM)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. 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