Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to publish guidance for (a) employers and (b) pregnant workers on new and expectant mothers in the workplace during covid-19.

Advice for employers on managing the workplace during COVID-19 was published on 14 July 2021 at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19

The Health and Safety Executive also provided guidance on working safely during the pandemic, which is available at the following link:

https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/index.htm

‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for pregnant employees’ was recently updated on 31 January 2022 and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-pregnant-employees

This guidance also provides advice to employers on undertaking risk assessments for pregnant employees and regularly reviewing workplace conditions. The Health and Safety Executive also provided additional guidance for employers on protecting pregnant workers during the pandemic, which is available at the following link:

https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm#pregnant_workers