Isolation After Negative Test

Aranyani

zagfles said:

There's a lot of apparent illogicality in the rules, but I suspect the reason for this one is you'd get spongers coming back from abroad and then to avoid the quarantine, rather than pay for a test like you did, get a free NHS test by lying and pretending they've got some symptoms, ticking whatever boxes need ticking for the free test, and so putting even more pressure on the testing system. 

I think the reason is that if you picked up the virus on the plane it could still be incubating for up to 14 days before you would test positive. 

Dr_Crypto

Islawight4 said:

It appears that as my company is a Manufacturing company, then some workers can travel without quaratineif they have 'specialist technical skills for essential or emergency works or services (including construction, commissioning, installation, maintenance, and repairs and safety checks) to ensure the continued production, supply, movement, manufacture, storage or preservation of goods'.
Still makes no sense to me that they do not quaratine when they return, they can spread the virus as easily as anyone else, what protection does this offer the rest of the workforce??

There is a certain, but not much, pragmatism in the regulations. The more dogmatic they are the harder it is to get compliance. 
Personally, given how high the rates of infection are in many parts of the UK I wouldn't be that concerned by people coming back from overseas. 

bradders1983

Dr_Crypto said:

Islawight4 said:

It appears that as my company is a Manufacturing company, then some workers can travel without quaratineif they have 'specialist technical skills for essential or emergency works or services (including construction, commissioning, installation, maintenance, and repairs and safety checks) to ensure the continued production, supply, movement, manufacture, storage or preservation of goods'.
Still makes no sense to me that they do not quaratine when they return, they can spread the virus as easily as anyone else, what protection does this offer the rest of the workforce??

There is a certain, but not much, pragmatism in the regulations. The more dogmatic they are the harder it is to get compliance. 
Personally, given how high the rates of infection are in many parts of the UK I wouldn't be that concerned by people coming back from overseas. 

Indeed. Would the OP be up in arms if a staff member nipped to Bolton for the day on business and then returned to work?

CKhalvashi

bradders1983 said:

The negative test doesnt change any of the rules I am afraid. 

As for the people coming back from Denmark and going straight back into work, this may be against the law. Who is telling them they have to come in? The employer? Saying that, there are exeptions for people who travel regularly but I have no idea how regular this has to be. There are also exemptions for certain industries.

This.

I entered the UK from a country not on the green list (travelling for business, to file 2 applications with a foreign court), and have to work from home for 2 weeks.

If you can work from home, perfect (a colleague has dropped paperwork on the doorstep for me, I've left paperwork to be taken into the office at the same time, phonecalls to leave on the doorstep once outside) since returning. If not, you, nor your colleagues returning from Denmark should be outside of your home, or you'll be facing a fine.

We must all take responsibility to protect our friends, colleagues and loved ones at this time, and I have absolutely no sympathy with those breaking the law.