Ms Bríd McKeown:

We have seen evidence in some workplaces that employers were very quick to put Covid measures in place. Around a quarter of the respondents to us in the past ten days said their workplace had put in measures during the first week of lockdown. What we have seen from this evidence and also from wider anecdotal evidence beyond this data pool is that there was a very inconsistent approach. Some employers put in place measures in the first week of lockdown and some put in measures six weeks later, unnecessarily exposing workers to Covid.