Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act

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Anyone else here know how to use this provision to not get sacked for failing to attend work right now?

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Website has more but essentially:

"Although you have probably never heard of it, Section 44 Employment Rights Act 1996 could be considered the corner stone of the UK’s Health & Safety at Work legislation
Here’s why:

Section 44. provides employees with the means to contest the adequacy and/or suitability of safety arrangements without fear of recriminations (e.g. getting sacked or transferred) or suffering detriment (e.g. loss of wages).

Section 44. provides employees with the ‘right’ to withdraw from and to refuse to return to a workplace that is unsafe. Employees are entitled to remain away from the workplace (e.g. stay at home) if – in their opinion – the prevailing circumstances represent a real risk of serious and imminent danger which they could not be expected to avert."

Does this work in practice?

I don't see why I should put my life at risk for non-essential commerce. Until they figure out a way to permit only essential communications to go through the system, I feel like I'm risking my health, my colleagues' health and the health of my community for the sake of keeping my job.

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It won't stop you getting sacked, it may win you a tribunal if that's the route you want to go down.
You'd probably need evidence that someone attended while sick, the onus would be on you I imagine.