To wonder why no staff loo or sink available in Covid times ?

[Sumsmet]

Our shop only has one loo and wash basin in a cubicle.

We are told it’s going to be unusable for a indefinite period because they’re waiting for a contractor to repair it.

Given Covid hygiene requirements, isn’t this flouting health and safety to not have anywhere for staff to use loo or wash hands?

We would have to cross the retail site and queue in a big department store or in the only public washrooms.

I don't know for sure, bit I think as long as there are facilities that the staff have access to, it's legal. I worked in a shopping centre, and I had to go the length of the centre to get to the staff toilets, which were for the whole centre, not just the place I worked.

This was before covid, to be fair, but I don't think it will have changed.

No it doesn't flout health and safety. You do have somewhere to go to the loo and wash your hands (department store or public loos).

I had a retail job in a shopping centre as a student and the only loo available was the public ones in the centre. I think that's pretty standard.

It's fine. There is provision (the department store). Just make sure they arent docking the time spent travelling to the public loo.

A thorough hand wash before work, and on each loo visit, plus regular top ups of sanitizer gel is sufficient.

Traipsing across a shopping centre to use the department store loos would be no good for me with my overactive bladder.