9th January 2026
If the snowy conditions today are affecting your ability to travel safely, and if you have children at schools which have closed due to the snow, these brief guidance points, which are a summary of our policy on inclement weather, will help colleagues and line managers:
- Safety is the number one priority. Please refer to this week's guidance about travel safety.
- Talk to your line manager if you feel travel is unsafe in your situation or if your child’s school has closed at short notice.
- Each situation will be individual – it is between you and your line manager to agree a “workaround” solution for today.
- If it is agreed that you are unable to attend your usual workplace, please use the time effectively for whatever you can do from home.
- This could be essential training and catching up with emails or preparation for appraisals or work projects.
- Covid taught us all a lot about managing work around having children at home too – do what you can but use the time as effectively as possible.
- Plan for the coming days based on the forecast for where you live and anywhere you may need to go for work.
- We’ll continue to provide regular weather updates via all comms channels.
- You can refer to further detail in the policy HRP03 Personal Leave Policy.