Since 24th February, workers are not legally obliged to tell their employers when they are required to self-isolate. Since 1st April, the Government will remove the health and safety requirement for every employer to explicitly consider COVID-19 in their risk assessments. The intention behind this is to empower you as the business owner to take responsibility for implementing modifications that are appropriate for your circumstances.
The government is continuing to recommend that safer behaviours are adopted to reduce the risk of infection and remains to ask that employers consider the needs of employees at a greater risk from COVID-19.
This might mean you request that customers wear a mask when possible, in your shop but there’s other things you can do too.
- Ensure air flow in your shop by opening the doors and windows
- Monitor staff and reminding them to take a lateral flow test before coming into work if they have symptoms
- Encouraging your staff to wash hands regularly and follow ‘Catch it, Bin it, Kill it’ advice at all times
Read the full guidance