UK Financial Conduct Authority Clarifies Senior Manager Responsibility For Work-Related Travel

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a statement emphasizing the responsibility of relevant Senior Managers or equivalent persons in prioritizing which of their firm's employees cannot work from home and need to travel into an office or business continuity site to perform their role. The FCA's statement is relevant to all FCA-regulated firms across the U.K. and is made in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FCA states that it expects the number of individuals that need to travel into an office or other place of work to be considerably less than would be required for a business-as-usual basis. The FCA provides a list of roles that it considers are capable of being performed from home. These are: financial advisers, staff who can safely and securely trade shares and financial instruments from home, business support staff, claims management companies and those selling non-essential goods and credit.

View the FCA's statement.

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