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5 June 2020
This week, the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 moved into a new phase of its coronavirus response plan, allowing a restricted return to work for some staff as a first step of ramping up its research activities. The 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 is committed to providing a safe place of work, achieved through COVID-19 Secure risk assessments, social distancing and good hygiene practices. Phase 4 will be made up of sub-phases in order to allow appropriate responses to the UK's move out of lockdown before the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 returns to normal operations.
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 continues to follow government guidance to minimise social contact and its plan includes making provision for longer term disruptions. As an employer, the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 has a legal responsibility to protect workers and others from risk to their health and safety. This means we need to think about the risks our staff and associates face from COVID-19 and do everything practicable to minimise them, whilst recognising that we cannot completely eliminate the risk of COVID 19. The 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 displays the in accordance with government requirements.
We have conducted a thorough COVID-19 Secure Risk Assessment, using the to inform our decisions and control measures. This has allowed us to put in place appropriate arrangements to allow 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 staff and associates, as well as customers and suppliers (where applicable), to return to work safely in a phased manner.
The 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 has considered and put in place control measures for the following key risks:
Individual departments within the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 are maintaining their own risk assessment underneath the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网's overarching COVID-19 Secure Risk Assessment and guidance on control measures. Department risk assessments have been conducted by nominated Health and Safety coordinators in conjunction with the departments and groups they support.
The 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 continues to comply with its existing obligations under Health and Safety, Employment and Equality law.
The previous phase of the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网鈥檚 response focused on completing and undertaking essential work, including new COVID-19-related research, plus required maintenance of core support and services. This phase was completed successfully thanks to the collaborative working of many different teams across the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网, including but not limited to: researchers performing critical experiments, technical services staff, members of the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网鈥檚 core scientific services, the technicians and staff of the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网鈥檚 animal facility, who ensured animal welfare was unaffected, the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网鈥檚 operational teams and the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网鈥檚 Nursery staff who provided childcare support to key workers.
This information will continue to be updated as the 黑瓜吃料爆料官网 follows its business continuity planning.
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