"UK Supermarket Bosses Pressed on Employee Health & Safety by Human Rights Think Tank", 25 March 2020

The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) has issued an open letter to the Board Chairs of the UK’s major supermarkets pressing them for greater protections for staff at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the letter the global human rights think tank asks the Chairs of Aldi, Asda, The Co-operative, Iceland, Lidl, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose/John Lewis Partnership to outline their plans for implementing urgent measures to protect employee and customer health and safety. 

These measures include appointing a designated lead for lowering COVID-related risks, enforcing social distancing in stores, supplying employees safety equipment including gloves, hand sanitiser, and protective screens at checkouts, and implementing pre-entry temperature checks for customers and staff...