{"id":356,"date":"2020-06-18T13:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/get-exploring\/\/\/"},"modified":"2020-07-27T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T10:12:22","slug":"back-to-business-working-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/get-exploring\/your-business-leadership\/back-to-business-working-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Getting back to business and working safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-478\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Back-to-work-guidance.png\" alt=\"Back to work guidance\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Back-to-work-guidance.png 1200w, https:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Back-to-work-guidance-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Back-to-work-guidance-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/archive.bethebusiness.com\/rebuild-your-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Back-to-work-guidance-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>As part of the drive to reopen the economy and support businesses like yours across the country, the government announced a three-stage approach to getting people in England back to work.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From 13 May, certain restrictions were lifted to allow those who cannot work from home to return to work if it is safe to do so. To help business owners, employees and the self-employed return to work safely as the country begins to recover from coronavirus, the government published eight in-depth guides outlining requirements, guidance and changes across different types of work:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/construction-and-other-outdoor-work\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">construction and other outdoor work;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/factories-plants-and-warehouses\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">factories, plants and warehouses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/labs-and-research-facilities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">labs and research facilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/offices-and-contact-centres\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">offices and contact centres;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/homes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">other people\u2019s homes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/restaurants-offering-takeaway-or-delivery\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">restaurants offering takeaway and delivery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/shops-and-branches\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shops and branches;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\/vehicles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vehicles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below we have gathered the information relevant to all businesses within these sectors and provided links to specific guidance depending on the sector you work in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whilst re-opening your business in these circumstances is challenging, small and medium sized companies make up the backbone of the UK economy, and our successful recovery is dependent on getting businesses like yours back up and running.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has published a series of guidance papers to help employers, employees and the self-employed understand how to work safely during the coronavirus pandemic. 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