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Facemask rules
dunoonhotel • Sep 13, 2020
New law about the use of facemarks in hotels and restaurants
All,
The latest guidance document changes relate details specifically for our
industry so are important to note that we are an exception in
restaurants and bars, but NOT in any other area of the business.
Where will face coverings be required?
Face coverings will be required in all indoor public places, for both
customers and staff working in those indoor public areas. This includes
a very wide range of locations, such as shops and shopping centres,
places of worship, hairdressers and salons, cinemas and museums, gyms
and leisure centres, and anywhere that is open to members of the public.
It would also include any public areas within buildings that are
otherwise closed to the public – for example a reception area of an
office building.
The only indoor public areas where face coverings will not be required
are where you are inside a place to eat or drink, for example, cafés,
restaurants and pubs. But where food and drink is only being served for
consumption in part of the premises – for example, a café which also
offers take away services – you will need to wear a face covering in the
parts of the premises where people are not eating or drinking.
Employers will also be required to mandate the use of face coverings in
other indoor workplaces where social distancing cannot be maintained,
unless there are strong reasons not to. You may therefore find you are
required to wear a face covering at work even in places which are not
open to the public.
Schools are not public places, and the decision about whether to require
face coverings in secondary schools and in what areas they are worn will
be a local decision for the school or setting depending on their
assessment of the risk and in context of local circumstances.
Announcement!!!!
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Christmas 2023
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