Alok Sharma urged bosses to work with employees and unions to develop safe ways of reopening following the lockdown. "To workers I say: we are looking out for you, we want you to feel confident that you are financially supported and returning to a safe workplace. Her comments come hours after she told a Westminster board companies that cannot abide by safety practices should not reopen. But she admitted to MPs at a select committee earlier that not one workplace has been shut down by health and safety inspectors since coronavirus struck, it emerged today. “We haven’t issued a prohibition notice on any activity.”The government has said it will give the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) an extra £14m to check on work place safety.

Source: Daily Mirror May 12, 2020 17:31 UTC