Essential worker travel

scottwilliams76

I am an essential worker and work in Europe, when I finish my shift this week I have a connecting flight at schipol in The Netherlands. Do I have to go into quarantine on my return even if I do not leave the airport?

comeandgo

If you are an essential worker are you not exempt from quarantine?

Dr_Crypto

Check the list of exemptions and see whether one applies to you. "Essential worker" is a meaningless term as many people who would be considered essential do have to quarantine. There are some exemptions for people based both on occupation and on their commuter status. 
Transit does count as having arrived from one of the countries on the red list (even if you don't deplane). 

hb2

Also bear in mind that the regulations could have changed by that time!

Grumpy_chap

comeandgo said:

If you are an essential worker are you not exempt from quarantine?

The OP is an "essential worker" working in Europe.  As I understand it, and UK exemptions for "essential workers" is only if they are working in the UK.

bradders1983

It really depends on what the OP actually does and/or how often he travels. 

comeandgo

Grumpy_chap said:

comeandgo said:

If you are an essential worker are you not exempt from quarantine?

The OP is an "essential worker" working in Europe.  As I understand it, and UK exemptions for "essential workers" is only if they are working in the UK.

There are many exemptions from the quarantine which will be listed on the gov web site, it will depend what the OP has been doing.  I cannot show link due to my ignorance on how to do it on my iPad.

Grumpy_chap

comeandgo said:

Grumpy_chap said:

comeandgo said:

If you are an essential worker are you not exempt from quarantine?

The OP is an "essential worker" working in Europe.  As I understand it, and UK exemptions for "essential workers" is only if they are working in the UK.

There are many exemptions from the quarantine which will be listed on the gov web site, it will depend what the OP has been doing.  I cannot show link due to my ignorance on how to do it on my iPad.

Yes, but, the OP is 

scottwilliams76 said:

I am an essential worker and work in Europe

Not sure which "essential worker" category, but the UK exemptions from quarantine for "essential workers" arriving in the UK, e.g. health workers require that they are coming to the UK to work in the UK.

The OP may be exempt under this, though:

People who live in the UK but work in another country and travel between the UK and country of work at least once a week

You’ll need to complete the Public Health passenger locator form before you travel to the UK.

You will not need to self-isolate if you are staying in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. You’ll need to self-isolate if you are staying in Scotland.

You’ll need to show evidence that you reside in one country but work in the other and you should also be able to demonstrate that you travel between the two on a minimum of a weekly basis, for example, a season ticket.

Extracted from 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules