{"id":3715,"date":"2020-04-27T06:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T06:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2020-04-27T06:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T06:10:44","slug":"uk-preparing-for-the-return-to-work-outside-the-home-tuc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3715","title":{"rendered":"UK: Preparing for the return to work outside the home &#8211; TUC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Preparing for the return to work outside the home <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Summary of recommendations<\/p>\n<p>This TUC report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-04\/Preparing%20for%20the%20return%20to%20work.pdf\">Preparing for the return to work outside the home: a trade union approach<\/a><strong>, <\/strong>sets out what we believe the government must do now to ensure a safe transition from lockdown, looking at how to safely return to work outside the home, the enforcement measures needed to protect workers, and how best to protect workers\u2019 livelihoods.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government must ensure that workers\u2019 mental health and wellbeing is prioritised alongside physical safety.<\/li>\n<li>The government must run a public information campaign to ensure working people can be confident that health and safety at work is a priority as they return to work.<\/li>\n<li>Every employer must carry out a specific Covid-19 risk assessment.<\/li>\n<li>Personal protective equipment (PPE) must be provided where necessary, and no-one should be asked to re-use PPE inappropriately.<\/li>\n<li>Government must provide specific advice and protection for those groups most at risk.<\/li>\n<li>The EHRC must ensure that the return to work strategy seeks to prevent this disproportionate impact and complies with the public sector equality duty.<\/li>\n<li>Unions should be consulted when the government prepares sector-specific guidance, and when employers seek to implement it.<\/li>\n<li>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must act quickly to sanction employers that do not risk-assess for Covid-19 or fail to provide safe working arrangements.<\/li>\n<li>The HSE must run a public information campaign to ensure workers know their rights.<\/li>\n<li>No worker should face a sanction for refusing to work in an unsafe workplace.<\/li>\n<li>Government must ensure the job retention scheme continues to protect jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Those who lose their jobs must be protected by a strengthened safety net.<\/li>\n<li>We need decent sick pay for all<\/li>\n<li>Government must ban zero-hours contracts, tackle false self-employment, and guarantee all workers day-one employment rights.\n<p>&#8230; 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