gov.uk guidance 11 May: working safely during COVID-19 (including in homes)

[happysteve]

Published today, Monday 11 May:

Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace

Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.

www.gov.uk

... including:

Homes:

Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace

Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.

www.gov.uk

Construction and other outdoor work:

Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace

Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.

www.gov.uk

Factories, plants and warehouses:

Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace

Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.

www.gov.uk

 

[telectrix]

wtf has "equality in the workplace" got to do with keeping safe from corona?

 

[littlespark]

I’m not reading it, cos ms sturgeon said no change.

 

[happysteve]

I’m not reading it, cos ms sturgeon said no change.

Fair enough

For "clarity" on whether the documents apply to all the nations within the UK, or just England, here's an extract from the introduction of the PDFs:


This document is to help employers, employees and the self- employed in the UK understand how to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping as many people as possible 2 metres apart from those they do not live with. We hope it gives you freedom within a practical framework to think about what you need to do to continue, or restart, operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We understand how important it is to work safely and support your workers’ health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government is clear that workers should not be forced into an unsafe workplace.

This document has been prepared by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with input from firms, unions, industry bodies and the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and in consultation with Public Health England (PHE) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Public health is devolved in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; this guidance should be considered alongside local public health and safety requirements and legislation in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For advice to businesses in other parts of the UK please see guidance set by the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government, and the Welsh Government.

We expect that this document will be updated over time. This version is up to date as of 11 May 2020. You can check for updates at www.gov.uk/workingsafely. If you have any feedback for us, please email [email protected].

(bits in bold is my emphasis only)

 

[littlespark]

I meant to put a smiley on my post to infer that I will read it at sometime...


There it is

 

[telectrix]

as if life wasn't boring enough at this time, reading through all that crappy waffle could make one suicidal. whatever happened to Plain English, and get to the bloody point.

 

[Midwest]

Those of you employed in the domestic market, has the guidance changed now, i.e. have you read this new guidance and understood this new guidance?

 

[littlespark]

Nothing has changed as far as I can see.
I believe any changes Boris announced were not applicable until today anyway.

You can go out and exercise for more than an hour a day.

Truthfully? I was out maybe 3 times a day, for a total of maybe 2 hours..... Lock me up and throw away the key.

Im noticing an upturn in traffic here now. I walk the dog same route, same time every morning since lockdown began. Lucky if I saw 3 maybe 4 private cars.... The odd lorry or tractor....
Today.... 12 passed me in quick succession. And the usual boy racer passing 2 with something coming the other way.

 

[telectrix]

Nothing has changed as far as I can see.
I believe any changes Boris announced were not applicable until today anyway.

You can go out and exercise for more than an hour a day.

Truthfully? I was out maybe 3 times a day, for a total of maybe 2 hours..... Lock me up and throw away the key.

Im noticing an upturn in traffic here now. I walk the dog same route, same time every morning since lockdown began. Lucky if I saw 3 maybe 4 private cars.... The odd lorry or tractor....
Today.... 12 passed me in quick succession. And the usual boy racer passing 2 with something coming the other way.

boy racer excercising his right foot, with his brain locked away in his left foot.

 

[Midwest]

So the guidance for working in people’s homes, is still just essential maintenance and repairs?

 

[telectrix]

i understood from previous guidelines that essential repairs only applied to visiting houses where occupants were vunerable/ self-isolating.there's been no restriction on working in homes provided precautions are taken.

 

[littlespark]

I don’t know why I can go into someone’s house, socially distant, to work.... when I don’t know how clean the place is, but I can’t visit my parents using the same rules.
Unless I’m changing a lightbulb for them. (Essential repair)

 

[happysteve]

So the guidance for working in people’s homes, is still just essential maintenance and repairs?

Here's a picture from the guidance PDF:

Source:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5eb967e286650c2791ec7100/working-safely-during-covid-19-other-peoples-homes-110520.pdf

They don't look like they're doing essential repairs and maintenance.

(At the risk of derailing the thread... what kind of light fittings require rectangular cutouts?)

 

[richy3333]

(At the risk of derailing the thread... what kind of light fittings require rectangular cutouts?)

Maybe rectangular ones?

 

[littlespark]

Page 20 of that publication.
Guy cutting through wood with a circular saw, looking at the camera, not the workpiece.
He’s going to lose a finger if he doesn’t pay attention.