March 2021
Welcome to the Healthy Working Wales March e-bulletin

We hope you like the new look. Each month, we bring you the latest workplace health news, including Covid-19 guidance, information and links to upcoming health promotion campaigns.  

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Covid-19 Guidance, Advice & Support

All of Wales is currently at alert level 4. What you need to do at alert level 4. 


The stay-at-home restrictions have been replaced by a new interim stay local rule in Wales as part of a package of measures, beginning the process of unlocking the strict coronavirus regulations.

Healthy Working Wales Website 
A one-stop shop of Covid-19 related information, toolkits and resources including risk assessments, sector guidance, vaccination information and wider health campaigns and information. Visit us here. 

Welsh Government Workplace Guidance
Containing information Coronavirus regulations, working from home, reducing transmission risk and implementing Test, Trace and Protect. Follow this link.

Business Wales
A directory of support, guidance and FAQ’s for Welsh businesses. Click here for more information.
Employer Survey

What are the current and future health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on employers and their staff? And how should Healthy Working Wales and partner organisations respond? Share this link with employers:

https://www.opinionresearch.co.uk/PHWHWW

The survey is live until 31st March 2021
Covid-19 Workplace Testing Framework

The Welsh Government support for regular asymptomatic testing in private and public sector workplaces in Wales will focus on workplaces:

• With higher exposure to risk
• Which involved close proximity to others
• With >50 employees that cannot work from home
• That deliver and maintain key services for the public

Click here for further information.
Covid-19 Business Support Toolkit

Covid-19 support is available to employers and the self-employed, including sole traders and limited company directors. You may be eligible for loans, tax relief and cash grants, whether your business is open or closed.

Use this business support finder to find available support for your business.
Remote Working Wales

Welsh Government are currently exploring a workplace model where staff can choose to work in the office, at home or in a hub location across towns and communities. This plan seeks to include the opinions and feedback of everyone across Wales at a time where, for many, remote working or working from home has become the norm due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

If you would like to help shape the future of the Welsh workplace, please follow this link to complete the survey by 26 March.
Key Dates

Take part in a national day when workers across Britain unite together and participate in fun and simple activities to #SitLess and #MoveMore at work. 

A fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of bowel cancer and fundraise.
Looking Forward

Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, this years theme is ‘nature’ and the aim is to ensure everyone is able to experience the mental health benefits of nature.

National walking month encourages people to walk more throughout May. Initiatives include, Walk to Work Week and Walk to School Week.
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Due to the pandemic we have paused the HWW programme, however we remain active with our role to promote health and wellbeing. We are also contacting organisations where their workplace health award has/is due to expire to offer a Revalidation Status Check. If this applies to your organisation, please email workplacehealth@wales.nhs.uk.