Employers, the self-employed and people in control of premises, such as landlords, have a duty to identify and control risks associated with legionella. If your building was closed or has reduced occupancy during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, water system stagnation can occur due to lack of use, increasing the risks of Legionnaires’ disease. Please visit the Health and Safety Executive website for further information on how to manage the legionella risks to protect people when...
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Pick For Britain helps bring workers and employers together and ensures the UK can continue to deliver the best quality British fruit and veg for everyone to enjoy. The Pick for Britain website has information for growers, recruiters, and agencies that have job opportunities across the country. From pickers and packers, to plant husbandry and tractor or forklift drivers, there are a wide range of roles available. For further information please visit the Pick For...
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published guidance to support businesses moving from physical to digital delivery as part of the ongoing Covid-19 response. The guidance has been created specifically to support businesses who are relying more heavily on IT services to run their business. The support package includes guidance on home working, video teleconferencing and spotting email scams related to Covid-19. For further information please visit the NCSC website.
Join a free webinar, hosted by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), to find out more about how to make your workplace COVID-19 secure. The webinars cover a range of different types of workplace settings which are allowed to be open. Many businesses operate more than one type of workplace, such as an office, factory and fleet of vehicles. You may need to use more than one of the guides/webinars as you...
Welsh Government have announced details of the next phase of the Economic Resilience Fund. The eligibility checker for new applications will hopefully be open by the middle of June 2020, allowing companies’ time to prepare their applications and Welsh Government expects to open the fund for full applications later in the month. This will enable access to the remaining £100 million of the £300 million already approved and allocated to support micro businesses, small and...
The UK Government want to hear organisations' views on the roles that are being filled by migrant workers, the salaries they are paid and implications of potential changes. In March 2020, the UK Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to compile a UK shortage occupation list (SOL), which will primarily focus on occupations at RQF Level 3-5 (medium skill). This is to be reported in September 2020. The COVID-19 outbreak has placed businesses in...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have published the following guidance, which your business may find useful: RIDDOR reporting of COVID-19 working from home driver welfare facilities regulation of chemicals during the outbreak the manufacture and supply of hand sanitisers For all the latest information and advice please visit the HSE website. Please visit the Business Wales Coronavirus advice for businesses pages for information for your business on dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak.
A new online service ‘The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme’ will launch 26 May 2020 for small and medium sized employers to recover Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) payments they have made to current or former employees. Employers can claim for periods of sickness starting on or after: 13 March 2020 - if employees had coronavirus or the symptoms or is self-isolating because someone they live with has symptoms 16 April 2020 - if employees...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published guidance covering how employers should handle data if they decide to test employees for Covid-19. The guidance includes: Which lawful basis can I use for testing employees? How can I show that our approach to testing is compliant with data protection law? Can I keep lists of employees who either have symptoms or have been tested as positive? Although similar, there are variations in approach taken by the...
Smart is the new name for Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and commercially viable innovative or disruptive ideas. All proposals must be business focused. Applications can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy, such as but not exclusively: the arts, design and media creative industries science or engineering...