Health and safety at work

What you need to know about working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)

The GOV.UK website has published the following guides to help employers, employees and the self-employed understand how to work safely during the coronavirus pandemic:

•    GOV.UK - Staying alert and safe (social distancing)
•    GOV.UK - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Factories, plants and warehouses
•    GOV.UK - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Offices and contact centres
•    GOV.UK - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Restaurants offering takeaway or delivery
•    GOV.UK - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Shops, branches, stores or similar environments.
•    GOV.UK - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - All 8 guides to help employers, employees and the self-employed

Whether you are the owner or an employee of a business, or a member of the public affected by a work activity in Basildon, you should know that the Basildon Council's Health and Safety team will:

• carry out inspections and use a range of other contacts to investigate businesses in the Borough in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive's priority risk rating system to ensure that they meet certain standards.
• carry out investigations into complaints relating to workplaces in the Basildon Borough.
• carry out investigations of reportable occupational diseases, accidents and dangerous occurrences at work to discover their causes and take appropriate action in accordance with national selection criteria.
• provide advice to employers and employees on health and safety issues (see also downloadable advice leaflets )
• where there is a serious risk of personal injury as a result of activities in a workplace, ensure that such activities are prohibited.
• maintain public registers of premises where there are cooling towers and where radioactive substances are kept.
• enforce the restrictions on opening hours relating to Sunday trading.