Workers could be put at risk by loosened lockdown guidance, town halls across Greater Manchester fear. Several leaders and councillors around the region say that the government’s change in position will see employees going back to the workplace without clear guidance on how they should be kept safe.
And leaders say that it is Greater Manchester’s low paid workers who are most at risk by the changes. Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday urged employees who can’t work from home to go back to their jobs – with the exception of those involved in the hospitality industry, non-essential retail and salons.
In a televised briefing he singled out those in construction and manufacturing as being among those who should be ‘actively encouraged to go