COVID-19 and Health & Safety: what are the workplace implications and knowing your ‘RPE’s from your ‘FFFP3’s

Whilst the need for those still working in a clinical environment to wear appropriate PPE may be obvious, it is not just public services who are obliged to protect their employees in this way. All employers still operating a business have a duty to safeguard the health and safety of their workforce. This article seeks to highlight some of their key health and safety obligations during the pandemic and attempts to give guidance on how best to comply in these uncertain times.

Whilst the need for those still working in a clinical environment to wear appropriate PPE may be obvious, it is not just public services who are obliged to protect their employees in this way. All employers still operating a business have a duty to safeguard the health and safety of their workforce. This article seeks to highlight some of their key health and safety obligations during the pandemic and attempts to give guidance on how best to comply in these uncertain times.

The article is produced by Charles Durrant and Letitia Egan (pupil barrister).

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• COVID-19 and Health & Safety: what are the workplace implications and knowing your 'RPE's from your 'FFFP3's  [The Barrister]