COVID-19: Employers will have to apply for isolation exemption for 'pinged' workers as government rules out critical jobs list
An increasing number of people are being forced to self-isolate as they are identified as close contacts of somebody who is COVID positive, leading to many critical workers being unable to do their jobs.
Maybe a few ambitious types from SAGE could bend their powerful minds towards a devising a brand new Shambles Severity Scale (SSS).
A simple scale from 0 to 10 would do, where the UK coronavirus debacle now stands at 10++. Even Boris must know the situation is a shambles with an extraordinarily high SSS.
Sorry, SSS is already taken: Sage Stupidity Scale, currently hovering about 99%.
ReplyDeleteLike the Beaufort Scale, with numerical values being given to observable results. SSS 8: Government hastily introduces regulations to counteract the harmful effects of existing government regulations; organisations and employers openly complain the guidance is incomprehensible; general public coin phrases to mock the government's stance; different ministers give contradictory advice on the same day; press talk of sackings or resignations.
ReplyDeleteA daughter has just learned that she can work from home permanently, with just the odd visit to her London office. She will save around £5,000 a year on fares, and her firm can reduce their ridiculous rent in Mare Khan's hideous London by over a half by taking less space, but keeping the address!
ReplyDeleteAs she works entirely online with the overseas branches, this has to make sense, and she is 'self-isolating' at the same time into the bargain!
Jannie - and maybe that's a feature rather than a fault.
ReplyDeleteSam - good point, it has to be based on observable results. Just as well I suspect.
Scrobs - we know people who have taken to it and wouldn't go back to office work. Presumably such people could live almost anywhere.