Call for bus worker temperature checks

General union Unite has called for compulsory daily temperature checks to be offered to all London bus workers, before being rolled out nationwide.

The union proposes that all bus workers should have their temperature taken by laser thermometer on arrival at work. Anyone with a high temperature would be helped to access a test for coronavirus and sent home without loss of pay.

The worker would be paid until the results are known: if negative they return to work, if positive they then receive industry sick pay until they are better.

Unite national officer for passenger transport, Bobby Morton, said; “This is a really important initiative which should make bus workers safer.

“Unite believes that it is appropriate that London initially tests these measures and then such a scheme is rolled out across the UK’s bus networks,” he continued.

Unite has 80,000 members in the bus sector.

https://unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2020/april/temperature-testing-for-bus-workers-must-be-introduced-to-reduce-risks-says-unite