Fair Or Unfair? Penalty For Not Working From Home To Employees

In order to curb the spread of the covid virus and omicron variant, the Welsh Government has come up with a rule that is attracting criticism. From Monday, the government has asked all employees of Wales to work from home as a part of the new regulations.

If any employee breaches the rule then he/she has to pay a fine of £60.

New Work From Home Rules To Hurt Employers Too!!!

They are also advised to take necessary measures to improve premises to curb the risk of coronavirus. If an employer fails in implementing the guidelines then they would be liable to pay a fine of £1,000. The amount can extend up to £10,000 for breaking rules each time.

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Such rules will affect both employees and employers, say GMB and TUC. A senior organizer of the GMB said this will hit harder for the workers who are not financially stable or vulnerable. Bad employers will take advantage of the rule in the lieu of preventing themselves from penalty.

However, the rules allow them to work from the office if they have any reasonable excuse to do so. And the amount of penalty will get reduced to half if they pay within 14 days.