I was told the other day that although the hands of one of the girls I work with are covered in what look like tiny little cuts because of how dry her hands get, they aren't open wounds (even though if I have just one cut I have to cover it with a plaster even after it's scabbed over) and that she's not allowed to wear gloves because they harbour bacteria. I thought cuts harbour bacteria too, but whatever. (My hands have been in the state my colleague's hands are in, so I know how painful it can be but I've managed to stave it off so far this winter, I'm also sure the cleaning products we use at work are evil. They have that picture of the dead fish on them, and we're expected to put our bare hands in that?) I'm sure this is a food hygiene issue, and a quick Google tells me her hands need to be covered, but my supervisor and manager disagree. What are the legal implications of this? And is there anything she can do to protect her hands?