A Health and Safety Executive inspection found staff congregating around a desk at the Leeds office.
The HSE inspected the office on 27 August after receiving a report of a "workplace concern". During the visit photographs were taken, including one of workers standing close together.
The DWP had risk assessed for the office being about 50% full, which the HSE said "may be ambitious and unrealistic", leading to a risk of "congestion" and making it more difficult to maintain social distancing.A line manager gave instruction to a group of staff around a desk, with staff not following social distancingWalkways passed closely to desks designated as usable
Two emails have recently been sent to workers saying people had been sent home from the affected floors and deep cleans carried out.
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