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What does it take for a business to close temporarily?
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By *lla_east OP Woman
over a year ago
Manchester |
That isn’t what I want by any means, but I’m wondering at what point do some businesses take the hit of a temporary closure to prevent the rest of the staff getting ill?
I’m off with COVID, and following the work emails so are more and more of my colleagues as the days pass. But this workplace is running like business as usual, just allowing those tested positive to isolate and not much else…. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That isn’t what I want by any means, but I’m wondering at what point do some businesses take the hit of a temporary closure to prevent the rest of the staff getting ill?
I’m off with COVID, and following the work emails so are more and more of my colleagues as the days pass. But this workplace is running like business as usual, just allowing those tested positive to isolate and not much else…. "
I would say it very much depends on the business.
Everyone who can WFH should still be. Some business can't and some cannot close either (eg a care home where vulnerable people require staff)
Is the business Covid Safe? If not, anyone in close contact should be contact traced to isolate. |
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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Think it depends on the business. Yes if possible have employees work from home but other costs continue and if they have to close there may not be a business for them to return to.
This is dilemma faced by so many business at the moment. |
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By *0astMan
over a year ago
Discovering |
A lot of small business are really struggling at the moment, saddled with gov restrictions and not having the resources, financial or otherwise that lets them adapt quickly is a huge problem. Most have had to make the choice open or close. I know one lady in particular, who has a small business and she has had to self isolate three times this year already and she’s now trying to decide whether to close the doors, simply because the restrictions are making it impossible for her to work. |
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We made it so neither one of us worked together at any given time so if and when one had to isolate the other one of us could carry on working, I know a few places that have 2teams working so if one team go down the other will be able to work but I'm sure once furlough ends so will this way of working |
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A wise business operator would seek guidance from their staff and the authorities, on how to minimise the health and business impacts. Staff are too frequently left out of the dialogue, when it's them who are potentially giving up their lives to ensure owners stay afloat.
All reasonable steps should be being taken to protect everyone, in ways that might have seemed unreasonable until we had a pandemic.
We're better protected as a society, as many people have taken choices for the benefit of all.
Furlough support availability isn't the essential requirement for a business to reduce its operations in part, or fully. Those steps should be taken by any decent human, to invest in the well-being of citizens, rather than their wealth. Club owners, as an example, have gone beyond what many reasonable people would have thought sustainable in the longer term, often without help, as an example.
The government and our organisations of all types, have obligations to serve the well-being of citizens here and certainly not the opposite. |
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