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Working from home
It’s important to review your finances for your household as this will give you a clear view of your current budget. Break it down into sections; income, outgoings and assets / savings. Remember current costs may be different to usual months, e.g. your transport cost may go down but your grocery cost may increase.
View The Money Advice Service’s online budget planner as it may help you to review and assess your current budget. If you find that your income is less than your outgoing costs then do not worry, the key thing to do is to seek assistance and speak to your creditors sooner rather than later. You may be able take advantage of special measures that have been put in place due to the coronavirus.
Financial education provider, Close Brothers, have released four short pre-recorded webinars with useful practical advice around financial wellbeing. Click on each of the below to watch the webinars
Money worries during the COVID-19 pandemic (webinar, 15 minutes) Using the COVID-19 lockdown to improve financial wellbeing (webinar, 19 minutes) Protecting your financial wellbeing (animated video, 2 minutes) How to cope with money worries during the COVID-19 pandemic (bite-size video, 7 minutes)
Did you know that you can make savings on your weekly food shop? Visit My Barratt Staff Shop to find out more about the offers available at ASDA, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and more which can all help to you with your budgeting and finances.
Working on sites and in sales offices
As many site-based colleagues have now returned to work, we want to remind colleagues that their health and safety remains our number one priority. As we welcomed colleagues back on site and in our sales offices, we put in place a number of measures to ensure that our sites comply with all of the current health, safety and wellbeing guidance. Below are details of just some of the measures we've put in place:
Social distancing measures are in place, as well as one-way systems, new signage and extra hand washing facilities so you feel safe while at work. Each site has a dedicated marshall to ensure everyone who comes on to our sites follows the safety measures and rules we have carefully arranged. Upon return to site, all employees are briefed about the changes to their new working environment and the new measures and processes in place. Everyone is required to read SHE Briefing 31 and must complete SHE Form 1 07 before going on site. You may have concerns about returning to your home after being on site and keeping your family safe, so please remember to remove any work wear as soon as you get home and wash your hands when leaving site and before you enter your home. Watch this short video, which features our Chief Executive David Thomas, to understand the new measures and changes that have been put in place to help keep you safe.
In addition to the extensive health and safety precautions we have put in place on sites, we have launched a social distancing eLearning module for divisional construction, commercial and technical teams. We have also introduced a social distancing eLearning module specifically for sales teams, so please ensure that you complete the module if you have been assigned this in your MyLearning timeline.
Keep updated on guidance not only from your Line Manager but also by locating your Health & Wellbeing noticeboard, located on every site, for assistance with any concerns around your health, safety and wellbeing you may have.
