Work, skills and financial support

Staying safe at work

Guidance to help you work safely during coronavirus

Guidance and services

Workplace guidance for employers and employees: COVID19
Guidance for employers and employees to keep safe in the workplace during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Retailers: coronavirus guidance
How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people a retail environment.
Manufacturing: coronavirus guidance
Advice to restart your manufacturing business and manage the COVID-19 risk to employees.
Sport, recreation and leisure: guidance for a phased return
Guidance for people working in sport, recreation and leisure industries.
Forestry businesses: coronavirus guidance
Guidance on coronavirus and working safely for the forestry sector.
Animal businesses, rescue and rehoming: coronavirus guidance
Guidance on coronavirus and working safely, for animal businesses, rescue and rehoming organisations.
Working in or from a vehicle: coronavirus workplace guidance
How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you drive or employ people to drive vehicles.
Labs and research facilities: coronavirus workplace guidance
How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in indoor research environments.
Creative industries: guidance for a phased return
Guidance on coronavirus and working safely in creative industries.
Offices and contact centres: coronavirus workplace guidance
How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in an office or contact centre.
Construction and outdoor work: coronavirus workplace guidance
How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in construction, utilities, farming and other outdoor work.
COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool
Check if you are at higher risk of more serious symptoms if you come into contact with COVID-19.
Prevention and management of coronavirus in food and meat plants
Advice to help food and meat plants manage the COVID-19 risk to employees.
Tourism and hospitality businesses: guidance for a phased reopening
Guidance to help tourism and hospitality businesses safely re-open during the coronavirus pandemic.
Culture and heritage destinations and venues: guidance for a phased return
Guidance for organisations and individuals in Wales who manage culture and heritage destinations and venues that are open to the public.
Hairdressing and barber businesses: coronavirus workplace guidance
How to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic if you work or employ people in the hairdressing and barber businesses.

Support for those with a job

Help to keep your job and with money if ill or self-isolating

Guidance and services

Check if your employer can get help to keep you employed
Find out if you’re eligible, and how much your employer can claim if they put you on temporary leave ('furlough') because of coronavirus.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
You can apply for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if you have a disability or health condition that affects how much you can work.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): coronavirus
Information about statutory sick pay from day one due to coronavirus.
Online training for furloughed workers: coronavirus
New e-learning resources for furloughed workers because of COVID-19 to learn new skills.
Job Seeker's Allowance
You can apply for Jobseeker’s Allowance to help you when you look for work.
Skills for all toolkit
Promoting free training for furloughed workers, giving people easy access to free, high-quality courses to build up skills, progress in work and boost job prospects.

Support for those out of work or at risk of redundancy

Support and training to find a new job, help with benefits

Guidance and services

Coronavirus: help to get in to work
Help to get in to work or back in to work if you've been made redundant due to the coronovirus pandemic.
Get help if you've lost your job (ReAct and Access)
Where you can get more information about the ReAct and Access programmes which help workers that have been made redundant get back in to work.
ReAct and coronavirus: guidance for training providers
Information for providers if you are unable to deliver training to ReAct participants as planned. Or if you have delivered ReAct training and now wish to make a claim.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): coronavirus
Information about statutory sick pay from day one due to coronavirus.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
You can apply for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if you have a disability or health condition that affects how much you can work.
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs.
Employability Skills: guidance for applicants
Information about the Employability Skills Programme and the coronavirus for applicants.
Job Seeker's Allowance
You can apply for Jobseeker’s Allowance to help you when you look for work.
Community Employability Programmes: guidance for applicants
Community Employability Programmes provide a range of tailored employability support for individuals.
Skills for all toolkit
Promoting free training for furloughed workers, giving people easy access to free, high-quality courses to build up skills, progress in work and boost job prospects.
Jobs Growth Wales: guidance for applicants
Help for recruits and applicants to the Jobs Growth Wales programme.

Self-employed: help if you have less work

Includes the coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme

Guidance and services

Coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme
A scheme to help self-employed people claim a grant to help if they've been affected by the coronavirus.
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
You can apply for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if you have a disability or health condition that affects how much you can work.

Support for those in training

How work-based learning, apprenticeships and training are affected by coronavirus

Guidance and services

Work-based learning and apprenticeships: coronavirus
Information about work-based learning and apprenticeships during the coronavirus pandemic.
Skills for all toolkit
Promoting free training for furloughed workers, giving people easy access to free, high-quality courses to build up skills, progress in work and boost job prospects.

Financial support for individuals

Financial and debt advice, benefits and repayment holidays

Guidance and services

Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): coronavirus
Information about statutory sick pay from day one due to coronavirus.
Coronavirus: changes to benefits appointment, assessments and claims
What's different about benefit appointments, assessments and claims.
Get financial or debt advice
Services offering free impartial money and debt advice.
Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF)
The Discretionary Assistance Fund provides 2 types of grant that you do not need to pay back.
Help to Buy – Wales repayment holiday form: coronavirus (COVID-19)
Use this form to ask for a pause in your interest payments.
Get financial help to pay your bills during the coronavirus pandemic
Financial support to help pay your rent, mortgage or bills if you are currently working, self-employed, ill and cannot work, been made redundant or on furlough.
Problems paying your bills during the coronavirus pandemic
What to do if you are having problems paying your rent, mortgage, council tax, electricity, gas and other household bills.
Job Seeker's Allowance
You can apply for Jobseeker’s Allowance to help you when you look for work.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
You can apply for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if you have a disability or health condition that affects how much you can work.
Support for childcare staff: coronavirus (COVID-19)
Support for staff who look after children in a nursery, crèche or out of school club and what to do if you are put on ‘furlough’.
Problems paying your mortgage during the coronavirus pandemic
What to do if you cannot pay your mortgage, missed a payment or your lender is trying to repossess your home.
Problems paying your rent during the coronavirus pandemic
What to do if you are struggling to pay your rent to your landlord, council or housing association and help to pay it.

Staying safe at work

Guidance and services

Support for those with a job

Guidance and services

Support for those out of work or at risk of redundancy

Guidance and services

Self-employed: help if you have less work

Guidance and services

Support for those in training

Guidance and services

Financial support for individuals

Guidance and services

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