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Background: I’m a pharmacy technician working in community pharmacy. My role is a roving role, so I work at 30+ different pharmacies depending on where needs me. I’m 20 weeks pregnant. My employer hasn’t carried out a risk assessment yet.
I’ve asked to be based in a maximum of 3 branches at the moment. The one they have asked me be in most is out of convenience for them (they have a vacancy there to fill so short staffed) rather than concern for me. It’s a small branch, not able to socially distance but wearing face masks. Company procedure is that cleaning should be carried out 4 times a day minimum, and all staff should have their temperature taken on arrival. I’ve been there for the past 2 days, and have observed one brief instance of cleaning in that time and no temperatures taken. I raised it with the manager today whose response wasn’t very reassuring, and I doubt things will change tomorrow as I raised it at lunchtime today and he said nothing to the rest of the team all day. I have told head office about the issues and I was basically told to deal with it.
My issue now is, do I continue to work there tomorrow? Part of me wants to say that I don’t feel comfortable or safe working there until they can demonstrate that they are following covid procedures. I don’t feel like I should be put in a position where I’m the one enforcing this and being there whilst it’s still a work in progress. I know that the official guidance is that it’s only post 28 weeks pregnancy that you should WFH (NHS at least), but surely without a risk assessment having been carried out I shouldn’t be putting myself at extra risk regardless? I don’t want to be awkward but I do want to feel safe at work.
AIBU? What would you do?