One in five going into workplace unnecessarily amid UK Covid crisis

Exclusive: Employers are putting workers at risk and increasing infections rates in communities, unions say

• Safety is very lax': workers on being called in
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Employers are putting workers at risk and increasing Covid infection rates in communities, unions have said, as research found that as many as one in five people were going into their workplace unnecessarily.

The alarming findings came as the government's outgoing employment adviser Matthew Taylor said employers breaking Covid rules should be named, shamed and fined.