This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the independent regulator that works to prevent workplace death, injury or ill health. Where it identifies employers who are not taking action to comply with the relevant Public Health England (PHE) guidance to control public health risks, such as employers not taking appropriate action to socially distance or ensure workers in the shielded category can follow the NHS advice to self-isolate for the period specified, they can take a range of actions to improve control of workplace risks. These actions include the provision of specific advice to employers through to issuing enforcement notices to help secure improvements with the PHE guidance.

We're therefore not sure what further action you want the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You could start a new petition asking the Government to close all non-essential workplaces that can't enforce social distancing, if that's what you'd like to happen.

You can find out more and how to report specific concerns about an employer here: www.hse.gov.uk/contact/concerns.htm


### Further information

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

Find out the latest updates from Parliament on the COVID-19 outbreak, including ways that you can get involved: www.parliament.uk/business/news/covid-19/
 
Are you an academic or researcher? Find out how you can help Parliament scrutinise the Government’s response to coronavirus: www.parliament.uk/covid19-researcher-engagement

### What the Petitions Committee is doing

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
 
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
 
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/