Airbus workers are returning to work this morning after nearly a month as production is stepped back up.
In March around 5,500 staff out of 9,300 workers at Broughton in North Wales and Filton, near Bristol, were sent home for an early start to the Easter holidays - initially for three weeks with the usual 'summer' shutdown brought forward.
It was extended earlier this month to April 20 while around 500 agency workers largely employed by contractor
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Thousands of production and production support staff will today arrive back as activities restart.
Staff not involved in production activities will continue to work from home where possible.
The sites have been open in recent weeks with limited work taking pace and the company said it has been building on "strong foundations" of health and safety, social distancing and hygiene.
An Airbus spokesman said: "Our work has been intense, extensive and thorough.
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"All production and production support senior managers have received social distancing training and will roll this out as teams return to work on/from April 20. Our trade union safety representatives will support this activity.
"We are ensuring that we remain aligned with the 海角视频 Government guidelines.
"People can travel to work when their work cannot be done from home.
"It has been confirmed that manufacturing sites are categorised as acceptable to travel to and from and continuing operations will help contribute to the national call for businesses to support the economy by continuing operations where it is safe to do so."
They said the measures implemented included:
- Deep cleaning
- Establishing new cleaning regimes with increased resource
- Ensuring social distancing at all times in all areas
- All Work Content Trackers have been reviewed and amended to enable social distancing
- Ensuring PPE is available in the very few instances where 2 metres distancing is impossible
- Digital thermometers available for all business areas to be used for self-check in the event an employee feels unwell
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Increased hand washing and sanitizer facilities.