Question: What lab or research facility employees still need to show up?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Labs and research facilities
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work?
section_content: In this section

2.1 Protecting people who are at higher risk
2.2 People who need to self-isolate
2.3 Equality in the workplace

Objective: That everyone should work from home, unless they cannot work from
home.
Steps that will usually be needed:

Staff should work from home if at all possible. Consider who is needed to be on-site; for example:  

– workers in roles critical for business and operational continuity, safe
facility management, or regulatory requirements and which cannot be performed
remotely.
– workers in critical roles which might be performed remotely, but who are
unable to work remotely due to home circumstances or the unavailability of
specialist equipment required for R&D


Planning for the minimum number of people needed on-site to operate safely and effectively.


Monitoring the wellbeing of people who are working from home and helping them stay connected to the rest of the workforce, especially if the majority of their colleagues are on-site.


Keeping in touch with off-site workers on their working arrangements including their welfare, mental and physical health and personal security.


Providing equipment for people to work from home safely and effectively, for example, remote access to work systems.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Discusses how some R&D workers might have to come in for work, but doesn't go into a lot of detail
There could be more information.  It talks about workers, but doesn't mention specifically who should be coming in to work at a lab.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Labs and research facilities
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.3 Workplaces and workstations
section_content: Objective: To maintain social-distancing between individuals when they are at
their workstations.
Unlike offices, R&D facilities may need workers to share workstations and
equipment. If they need to be shared, they should be shared by the smallest
possible number of people.
If it is not possible to keep workstations 2m apart then businesses should
consider whether that activity needs to continue for the business to operate
and if so take all mitigating actions possible to reduce the risk of
transmission.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Review layouts where possible, accepting the limitation of some lab environments.


Using floor tape or paint to mark areas to help people keep to a 2m distance.


Only where it is not possible to move workstations further apart, using screens to separate people from each other.


Only where it is not possible to move workstations further apart, arranging people to work side-by-side or facing away from each other rather than face-to-face.


Managing occupancy levels, to maintain social distancing in labs with restricted space, for example, by adapting booking systems to limit usage.


Cleaning workstations and shared equipment and machinery, where it is feasible to do so.


Limiting use of high-touch items and shared office equipment, for example, test equipment, apparatus, shared control terminals.


Ensuring appropriate air-handling and filtering systems are installed and maintained in high-risk areas where there is a risk for airborne particles.


*[R&D]: research and development

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Discusses how R&D workers should be working, but doesn't say who should still show up
There isn't really information on who should be coming in to a lab, but the information is specific to those working in a lab setting.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Labs and research facilities
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work?
2.2 People who need to self-isolate
section_content: Objective: To make sure individuals who are advised to stay at home under
existing government
guidance do not physically come to work. This includes individuals who have
symptoms of COVID-19 as well as those who live in a household with someone who
has symptoms.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Enabling workers to work from home while self-isolating if appropriate.


See current guidance for employees and employers relating to statutory sick pay due to coronavirus.


See current guidance for people who have symptoms and those who live with others who have symptoms.


*[COVID-19]: coronavirus

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Says that people who have COVID or live with someone who does should not come to work, and some R&D workers might fall into that catefory
There could be more information here.  It is talking about people working, but it doesn't really state what workers are needed to come in to work at a lab.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Could be Improved