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They should charge the feckers with endangering human lives and also fine them 10k or whatever the highest possible fee is. Ah also sack them, perhaps that would help deliver the message. -
It was 1 in 70 in Wales a few days ago. So the DVLA figures are alarming particularly as people travel from a wise distance to work there.Leave a comment:
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Hmmmmm..
1/6 people in the uk have COVID as I understand.
DVLA has 500 cases from 6,000 workers. Sounds like it’s pretty safe.
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Department of Plague
Seems more news outlets now see the DVLA as one of the worst places to work if you don't want to catch Covid. (Previous thread - https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...hat-right.html )
Covid: DVLA staff in Swansea '''scared to enter the workplace''' - BBC News
Staff are scared to work at the UK vehicle licensing agency's contact centre in Swansea where 500 workers have contracted coronavirus since the pandemic began, a union says.
The PCS union has urged ministers to intervene and described the numbers as a "scandal".
A DVLA spokesperson insisted safety was a priority and it followed guidance to "help keep our offices Covid secure".
The Welsh Government said it had been "worried about the DVLA for a while".
First Minister Mark Drakeford said he has repeatedly raised concerns over case numbers at the offices.
Minister Eluned Morgan said the decision to introduce tougher Covid regulations for workplaces in Wales was made, in part, due to the situation at the DVLA.
In December, a coronavirus outbreak was declared at the centre at Swansea Vale in Llansamlet after 352 cases of Covid-19 in the space of four months.
The DVLA has about 6,000 staff based in Swansea but said it was currently operating on a "far reduced capacity".
A DVLA worker, who did not want to be identified, told BBC Wales News that close contacts of people testing positive are not always sent home to self-isolate, social-distancing is not being followed and homeworking is not possible because of "archaic" systems.
"There are certain elements within management who are trying to bend the rules and regulations," they said.
"It has been mentioned that you don't need your track and trace [contact tracing app] on. If someone's off with Covid, the people who haven't had their app on haven't been sent home.
"They'll say 'your app hasn't pinged, you're not going home'."
The worker said it was difficult for staff to adhere to the two-metre distancing rule because of the way the office was laid out and some staff had resigned.
"The atmosphere sucks, people are scared. I have heard of some people walking out," they said.
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