Businesses need to consider how workers can commute safely to and from the workplace.
Please note that the below factsheet has recently been updated to reflect latest developments.
Employer responsibility for health and safety has traditionally started once employees cross the threshold into the workplace – but in light of the pandemic, the responsibility of employers to ensure their people can safely travel to and from work is now under the spotlight.
Lockdown changed the shape of the commute overnight, with millions of people following government guidance to work from home ever since. As more businesses reopen, what the ‘new normal’ will become for the journey to work is not clear. However, what we do know is that businesses will, more than ever before, need to better understand their employees’ journeys to and from work.
In this factsheet we explore the latest information, signpost key guidance, identify the issues that businesses need to consider and share some of the ways that businesses are addressing these challenges.
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