Question: Is my employer allowed to demand my presence at work even if I feel that I am in a vulnerable group?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can't do
section_headers: Workers’ rights
My employer is asking me to come to work but I’m scared.
section_content: Employers and staff should discuss and agree working arrangements.
Employers should make all efforts to help people to work from home where they
can. But where work cannot be done at home, employers should take clear,
practical steps to help protect workers and create safe places to work, such
as shift working or staggering processes. To identify the precautions needed
to manage risk, your employer should discuss the workplace risk assessment
with you to identify the practical ways of managing those risks.
If you remain concerned that your employer is not taking all practical steps
to promote social distancing then you can report this to your local authority
or the Health and Safety Executive who can take a range of action, including
where appropriate requiring your employer to take additional steps.
We have published further specific “COVID-19 Secure”
guidelines on how to make workplaces safe, which have been developed in
consultation with over 200 business leaders and trades union organisations.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It's a relevant answer. It tells you how to report your employer.
identifies steps that employers should take during the out break and possible guidelines on whether or not you have to return to work.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Factories, plants and warehouses
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work
2.3 People who have protected characteristics
section_content: Objective: To treat everyone in your workplace equally.
In applying this guidance, employers should be mindful of the particular needs
of different groups of workers or individuals.
It is breaking the law to discriminate, directly or indirectly, against anyone
because of a protected characteristic such as age, sex or disability.
Employers also have particular responsibilities towards disabled workers and
those who are new or expectant mothers.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Understanding and taking into account the particular circumstances of those with different protected characteristics.


Involving and communicating appropriately with workers whose protected characteristics might either expose them to a different degree of risk, or might make any steps you are thinking about inappropriate or challenging for them.


Considering whether you need to put in place any particular measures or adjustments to take account of your duties under the equalities legislation.


Making reasonable adjustments to avoid disabled workers being put at a disadvantage, and assessing the health and safety risks for new or expectant mothers.


Making sure that the steps you take do not have an unjustifiable negative impact on some groups compared to others, for example, those with caring responsibilities or those with religious commitments.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It talks about what employers are not allowed to do. It tells a lot of important information.
addresses EEOE requirements/guidelines in the workplace

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Bad

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Staying alert and safe (social distancing)
section_headers: Public gatherings
section_content: To ensure people are social distancing, the government has prohibited by law
all public gatherings of more than two people, except for reasons set out in
the regulations. These include:

where the gathering is of a group of people who live together in the same household – this means that a parent can, for example, take their children to the shops, although you are advised to do so only if there is no option to leave them at home
where the gathering is essential for work purposes – but workers should try to minimise all meetings and other gatherings in the workplace

It is important that everyone continues to act responsibly in public places,
as the large majority have done to date. The infection rate will increase if
people begin to break the rules.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The question wasn't about gathering in groups.
addresses guidline set by government and indirectly answers the question during the COVID  outbreak

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Could be Improved