The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) Regulations 2020 places new obligations on employers in relation to self-isolation.
Regulation 7 creates a new offence of knowingly permitting a worker, including agency workers, to attend a place other than where they are self-isolating.
This affects workers who are self-isolating because they live with a person who has tested positive for Coronavirus, as well as workers who have themselves tested positive.
Workers are also obliged to inform the employer if they are self-isolating and employers who stop a worker from working outside their home.
Employers that knowingly permit a worker to attend a place other than where they are self-isolating risk fines beginning at £1,000.
If you have any queries regarding employment rules in relation to the current Coronavirus restrictions, please speak our employment law team.
