{"id":647,"date":"2020-07-14T13:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/?p=647"},"modified":"2020-07-15T16:54:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:54:45","slug":"why-consider-getting-your-employees-covid-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/why-consider-getting-your-employees-covid-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Why consider getting your employees COVID tested?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With shops, salons, restaurants and pubs gradually re-opening across the UK many employers are considering getting employees COVID tested – either for the live virus or for antibodies – as part of their return to work planning.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, many employers are stopping short of taking this step because of two reasons: the first reason is uncertainty about whether they really <\/span>need<\/span><\/i> to test employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do I need to test my employees?<\/h4>\n

Whilst testing employees either for antigens or antibodies before bringing them back to work is not a legal requirement it can form a useful part of a comprehensive back to work strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Providing proof to customers that your staff are regularly checked for the live virus, can provide a valuable USP for your business and capture the most COVID-wary segments of the market. Ocado, for instance, has been <\/span>testing its employees<\/span><\/a> for the live virus in order to reassure its clientele that their home deliveries are COVID-secure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though <\/span>levels of immunity conferred by antibodies are uncertain<\/span><\/a>, getting staff tested for antibodies can also aid with back to work planning by providing reassurance. A reluctant, or perhaps more vulnerable, staff member, if they found out they\u2019d already been exposed,\u00a0 might feel sufficiently reassured to return to the workplace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Won’t it be too expensive?<\/h4>\n

The second reason many employers are uncertain about whether they should get their employees\u2019 tested <\/span>is the cost<\/span><\/a> – but it might be more cost effective than you think to get COVID-secure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Testing For All is a non-profit aiming to bring affordable COVID tests to the UK workforce. As such, we offer on-site antibody and antigen testing performed by medical professionals <\/span>at cost price. <\/b><\/p>\n

To take the first steps to making your business COVID-secure today, please register your interest as an SME<\/a> or as a larger enterprise<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With shops, salons, restaurants and pubs gradually re-opening across the UK many employers are considering getting employees COVID tested – either for the live virus or for antibodies – as part of their return to work planning. However, many employers are stopping short of taking this step because of two reasons: the first reason is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[54,55,51,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingforall.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}