National Lockdown – Critical Workers Letter

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Following the Prime Ministers announcement for a national lockdown starting from 5th January 2021, the DLA have prepared a letter for you to be able to allocate to those members of your dental laboratory team who may need to prove their ‘Critical Worker’ status, this letter must be strictly used by personnel within the dental laboratory and fraudulent use of the letter could lead to criminal investigations.

As employees within the dental laboratory your members of staff are classed as a ‘Critical Worker’ due to all businesses within dental services being permitted to continue to operate throughout the duration of the lockdown.

Here is the Govt details regarding Critical Workers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

The DLA Critical Worker letter should be sufficient evidence along with other associated documentation to prove eligibility for school places where required.
A copy of the letter was mailed this morning to membership and can also be downloaded from the members area of the DLA website, under factsheets, coronavirus.

If you require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact the DLA via info@dla.org.uk