Influencing policy and practice through examining UK small business understanding of and response to COVID-19 regulation and guidance

通过检查英国小企业对 COVID-19 法规和指南的理解和响应来影响政策和实践

• 批准号: ES/W001799/1
• 负责人: Paul Richter
• 金额: $ 15.87万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW001799%2F1
• 关键词: Influencing; policy; practice; through; examining

Regulations introduced due to the governmental response to COVID-19 force business leaders to take decisions with far-reaching consequences for employees' livelihoods, public and employee health, and the viability and survival of their businesses. Crucially, what underpins such decisions are complex judgements based on their understanding of the regulatory context and their capacity to discriminate between swathes of legal obligation and guidance of different kinds. This presents a particularly significant challenge to small businesses (0-49 employees) due to their constrained resources. The current pandemic represents the immediate context for this research, which will undertake a large-scale survey with follow-up interviews to understand how small businesses receive, understand and act on the UK's regulatory response to the pandemic and the financial, legal, and emotional costs of complying with this regulatory challenge. The UK regulatory context is further complicated by actions being taken at the level of devolved nations and regionalised variation of regulatory impact at different times. The research, in partnership with the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses), will provide evidence and insights to inform governmental regulatory responses to future public health crises and to regulation in a post-COVID landscape. It will arm those who formulate regulation and related guidance relevant to small businesses with greater clarity about the means by which businesses receive and interpret guidance, and whether and how they act on it. Regulation informed in this way has the potential to deliver a positive impact on employees' livelihoods, public and employee health, and the survival of UK small businesses.

由于政府对 COVID-19 的反应而出台的法规迫使企业领导人做出对员工生计、公众和员工健康以及企业的生存能力和生存产生深远影响的决策。至关重要的是，支撑此类决策的是复杂的判断，这些判断基于他们对监管环境的理解以及区分大量法律义务和不同类型指导的能力。由于资源有限，这对小型企业（0-49 名员工）来说是一个特别重大的挑战。当前的大流行代表了这项研究的直接背景，该研究将进行一项大规模调查和后续访谈，以了解小企业如何接受、理解英国对大流行的监管反应以及财务、法律和情感应对这一监管挑战的成本。由于权力下放国家层面采取的行动以及不同时期监管影响的区域差异，英国的监管环境变得更加复杂。该研究与 FSB（小企业联合会）合作，将提供证据和见解，为政府监管应对未来公共卫生危机和后疫情时代的监管提供信息。它将帮助那些制定与小企业相关的法规和相关指南的人更清楚地了解企业接收和解释指南的方式，以及他们是否以及如何采取行动。以这种方式制定的监管有可能对员工的生计、公众和员工的健康以及英国小企业的生存产生积极影响。

项目成果

Navigating the Covid-19 Regulatory Landscape: How small businesses experienced regulations in a crisis

应对 Covid-19 监管环境：小企业如何在危机中经历监管

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Richter P

Benefits of Covid Regulation to Small and Micro Businesses

新冠疫情监管对小微企业的好处

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Richter P