Can employer go against govt advice for face masks?

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Guidance published yesterday states...

It is not mandatory for shop or supermarket staff or transport workers to wear face coverings but employers can ask them to do so where appropriate and where other mitigation is not in place

Shop staff do not have to wear coverings but it is 'strongly recommended' that employers ask them to do so unless other precautions such as screens are in place. 

So they can insist. 

sharpe106

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own
There is some exemptions I think being unable to breath, would be classed as serve distress from wearing one. 

jon81uk

MarkN88 said:

Guidance published yesterday states...

It is not mandatory for shop or supermarket staff or transport workers to wear face coverings but employers can ask them to do so where appropriate and where other mitigation is not in place

Shop staff do not have to wear coverings but it is 'strongly recommended' that employers ask them to do so unless other precautions such as screens are in place. 

So they can insist. 

Yep, I would have thought that being on the till where most stores have put up screens around the till a mask isn't needed, but in other areas a mask or visor should be worn.