Coronavirus - workers need clear guidance, Chair says

Coronavirus - workers need clear guidance, Chair says

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-energy-industrial-strategy/news-parliament-2017/chair-writes-to-beis-sos-chairs-comments-19-21/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-energy-industrial-strategy/news-parliament-2017/chair-writes-to-beis-sos-chairs-comments-19-21/
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
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Rachel Reeves, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Science and technology in the United Kingdom, Economy of the United Kingdom, British MPs
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  • Coronavirus - workers need clear guidance, Chair says
    Rachel Reeves, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee, has written to Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for BEIS to call for clearer Government coronavirus guidance for workers to help address concerns that workers are being forced to go to work or that their employer is not offering enough support.
  • On Tuesday, Rachel Reeves asked workers to contact the BEIS Committee with their concerns and the letter to the Secretary of State references the fact that, within hours, the Committee had received over 250 emails [update - now at over 400 messages] from people working in a wide range of sectors and settings including office-based staff, furniture manufacturers, travel agents, estate agents, law firms, and TV engineers.
  • Rachel Reeves, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said:
    The Department for BEIS and the whole of Government are working incredibly hard to help support businesses and employees during these difficult times.
  • The correspondence also calls on the Government to support businesses by helping to provide more specific guidance for workplaces on social distancing.
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