Are we allowed to go to work self employed?

spencerrothchild

My wife was self employed (well still is) she does beauty treatments 

she understands it that since the lockdown she shouldn’t go out anymore and waiting for the letter to get that self employed help

but now we are not sure somebody said the law says if you can’t work from home then still go to work?

Comms69

spencerrothchild said:

My wife was self employed (well still is) she does beauty treatments 

she understands it that since the lockdown she shouldn’t go out anymore and waiting for the letter to get that self employed help

but now we are not sure somebody said the law says if you can’t work from home then still go to work?

She's self employed. Where would she go?

But yes the law is anyone can go out for work. Doesnt matter what the job is. 

spencerrothchild

Comms69 said:

spencerrothchild said:

My wife was self employed (well still is) she does beauty treatments 

she understands it that since the lockdown she shouldn’t go out anymore and waiting for the letter to get that self employed help

but now we are not sure somebody said the law says if you can’t work from home then still go to work?

She's self employed. Where would she go?

But yes the law is anyone can go out for work. Doesnt matter what the job is. 

She has to be 10cm from the clients face

are you sure she is supposed to still go to work?

we need some clarification 

TELLIT01

If the job can't be done from work it is OK to travel as long as social distancing rules are adhered to.  It's difficult to see how anybody doing beauty treatments can do that from a distance of 2 metres. 

spencerrothchild

TELLIT01 said:

If the job can't be done from work it is OK to travel as long as social distancing rules are adhered to.  It's difficult to see how anybody doing beauty treatments can do that from a distance of 2 metres. 

Exactly 

so she should qualify for government help until the social distance rules are slackened

Comms69

Can someone link me to where social distancing is the law?...

spencerrothchild

Comms69 said:

Can someone link me to where social distancing is the law?...

Me too

i think there is a real lack of clarity 

Dreambox

She can go to work, but the problem is that she is always in contact with a lot of different people. Who knows if that person is infected, where was that person before coming to see her? 
It's a bit risky. 

Comms69

spencerrothchild said:

Comms69 said:

Can someone link me to where social distancing is the law?...

Me too

i think there is a real lack of clarity 

Sorry pal I was being sarcastic. It’s not the law. 

theoretica

Where, physically, did she work?  'Hairdressers, barbers, beauty and nail salons, including piercing and tattoo parlours' need to have their premises closed: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance

spencerrothchild

There is no clarity 

It’s like the government are covering their backs

they say stay home but still go to work if you can

what the hell is the official direction