Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Code of Practice

Managing Exposure to SARS-COV-2 in the Workplace, 2022

Chapter 3 - Administrative measures

13. Small businesses

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Employers with 20 employees or less must—

(a) undertake a risk assessment of the workplace and take any reasonably practicable measure that may mitigate the risk of infection and transmission of the virus or the risk to employees of serious illness or death contemplated in section 6(2) and (3);

 

(b) comply with section 12 if a measure contemplated in section 5(1)(b)(i) is introduced;

 

(c) if an employee has COVID-19 related symptoms—
(i) refuse to allow the employee to enter the workplace;
(ii)comply with section 9;

 

(d) to the extent reasonably practicable, ventilate occupied closed spaces in the workplace in accordance with section 10(1).