Advice and guidance for Business

General Guidance

• Closure of businesses and premises: coronavirus (COVID 19) - Non-essential businesses and premises that must shut.

• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool - Check if you are at higher risk of more serious symptoms if you come into contact with COVID-19.

• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool: guidance - COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool guidance for managers and staff.

• Workplace guidance for employers and employees: COVID-19 - Guidance for employers and employees to keep safe in the workplace during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Five key steps to keep wales safe at work - Guidance on managing the risk of COVID-19

• Taking all reasonable measures to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus in workplaces and premises open to the public - Guidance under regulation 13 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2020.

Sector Specific Guidance

Welsh Governement has provided sector specific guidance for businesses to safely operate and reopen.

• Retailers: coronavirus guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people a retail environment.

• Manufacturing: coronavirus guidance - Advice to restart your manufacturing business and manage the COVID-19 risk to employees.

• Sport, recreation and leisure: guidance for a phased return - Guidance for people working in sport, recreation and leisure industries.

• Forestry businesses: coronavirus guidance - Guidance on coronavirus and working safely for the forestry sector.

• Animal businesses, rescue and rehoming: coronavirus guidance - Guidance on coronavirus and working safely, for animal businesses, rescue and rehoming organisations.

• Working in or from a vehicle: coronavirus workplace guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you drive or employ people to drive vehicles.

• Labs and research facilities: coronavirus workplace guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in indoor research environments.

• Creative industries: guidance for a phased return - Guidance on coronavirus and working safely in creative industries.

• Offices and contact centres: coronavirus workplace guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in an office or contact centre.

• Construction and outdoor work: coronavirus workplace guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in construction, utilities, farming and other outdoor work.

• Prevention and management of coronavirus in food and meat plants - Advice to help food and meat plants manage the COVID-19 risk to employees.

• Hospitality, mitigation measures for outdoor opening April-  UK Hospitality Cymru

  and Tourism & Hospitality Businesses

• Tourism and hospitality businesses: guidance for a phased reopening - Guidance to help tourism and hospitality businesses safely re-open during the coronavirus pandemic.

• RCT Advice to Licensed Premises (cafes, restaurants, pubs, clubs, hotels and shops) - Guidance for businesses that sell alcohol, either for consumption on premises or off premises, and their requirement to stop selling alcohol at 10pm.

• Underground attractions: supplementary guidance - This guidance supplements the comprehensive guidance contained within ‘Tourism and hospitality businesses: guidance for a phased reopening’

•  ‘We’re Good to Go’ - UK-wide industry standard and consumer mark that demonstrates tourism businesses are adhering to public health guidance, have carried out a COVID-19 risk assessment, and checked that they have the required processes in place. The scheme is free to join and open to all businesses across the tourism industry.

• Culture and heritage destinations and venues: guidance for a phased return - Guidance for organisations and individuals in Wales who manage culture and heritage destinations and venues that are open to the public.

• Tattoo and body piercing services: coronavirus workplace guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in tattoo and body piercing services.

• Close contact services businesses: coronavirus workplace guidance - How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in close contact services businesses.

• Providing safer toilets for public use: coronavirus - Guidance for the safe management of toilets used by the public during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Indoor play areas for children: coronavirus guidance - Guidance for indoor play centres to help keep children, their parents or carers and employees safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Creating safer public places: coronavirus - Guidance for owners and operators of public places to keep people safe when restrictions are relaxed and urban spaces become busier.

Guidance for working in other people’s homes - This document is to help employers, employees, and the self-employed and others (such as volunteers) working in or at people's homes (where the work does not require close physical contact) to understand how to work safely, taking measures to minimise the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for livestock and equine owners - Advice for livestock keepers and equine owners who have to manage their animals under the new restrictions on people’s movements that came into force on 23 March 2020.

Support for childcare providers: coronavirus (COVID-19) - Childcare assistance scheme, loans, grants and support for childcare providers.

Test, Trace, Protect for Businesses/Employers

Your employees should NOT attend the workplace if they are showing ANY symptoms of coronavirus. They should self-isolate and book a test immediately.

• Employers: coronavirus test, trace, protect guidance - Employers' responsibilities to help with coronavirus testing and contact tracing.

• Keeping records of staff, customers, and visitors: test, trace, protect - Guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 13 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020.

Downloadable Posters and Resources

There are FREE promotional resources available to download and print to help businesses and employers keep their workplace safe. 

Welsh Government

• Safety and physical distancing signs for employers: coronavirus

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council - 

• RCT Social Distancing Poster
• Maintain a safe distance poster
• Mandatory Face Masks A4 Posters
• Social Distancing in the workplace poster 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)

• Shop Limit poster 
• Two metres social distance poster
• Queing poster

Information from trusted organisations

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – provide advice, guidance and resources for small businesses and self-employed on how to reopen safely, financial support, keeping employees and customers safe, and other helpful information. 

ACAS - provides employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. We also offer training and help to resolve disputes. Has comprehensive information on furlough, pay, redundancy, sick pay, working from home and much more.

The Professional Association of Self-Caterers (PASC) - currently 100% focussed on getting Business Support measures from HM Government for self-catering businesses. They provide advise and guidance from how to clean your business, to risk assessments and insurance.

UK Hospitality – provide advice and guidance to the hospitality industry, providing regular updates, best practice, business solutions and adaptions, training and other practical measures.