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<p>BEIS Safer Workplaces guidance advises that workers who can work effectively from
home should do so over the winter. If an individual cannot work from home, clinically
vulnerable individuals can still attend their workplace as their workplace should
be COVID-secure. Employers are required to take steps to reduce the risk of exposure
to COVID-19 in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>Those who are clinically extremely vulnerable
will previously have received a letter from the NHS or their GP informing them of
this and may have been advised to shield in the past. Individuals who receive a notification
that they need to shield should not go in to work if they are unable to work from
home.</p><p> </p><p>Employees who are clinically extremely vulnerable can be furloughed
under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and remain eligible for New Style Employment
and Support Allowance, subject to the wider eligibility criteria. Where they are not
furloughed, and they cannot work from home, they may be eligible for Statutory Sick
Pay (SSP) from their employer.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual’s income is reduced
while off work sick and they require further financial support, they may be able to
receive Universal Credit, depending on their personal circumstances.</p>
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