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ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
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1. | The employer has a risk assessment in place to give effect to the minimum measures required by this Agreement? |
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2. | Are the employees notified of the contents of this Agreement and the manner in which the company intends to implement it? |
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3. | Does the employer have less Than 10 employees? if so, did the employer apply the measures set out in clause G(i) of this Agreement? |
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4. | Does the employer employ more than 500 employees? If so, |
(Did the employer submit a record of its risk assessment together with a written policy concerning the protection of the health and safety of its employees from COVID-19 as contemplated in section 7(1) of Occupational Health and Safety Act to the Health and Safety Committee and the Department of Employment and Labour?
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5. | Are there measures in place the to inform employees who are sick or have symptoms associated with the COVID-19 virus that they must not come to work and to lake paid sick leave In terms of section 22 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act? |
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6. | Is there a manager appointed to address the COVID-19 related concerns of employees or workplace representative and to keep them informed and, in any workplace in which a health and safety committee has been elected, consult with that committee on the nature of the hazards in that workplace and the measures that need to be taken? |
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7. | Are the employees and members of the public, where relevant able to maintain the relevant social distance of one and half metres? |
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8. | Did the employer minimize the number of workers at the workplace through rotation, staggered working hours, shift systems, remote working arrangements or similar measures in order to achieve social distancing? |
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9. | Did the employer provide workers with information that raises awareness in any form or manner, including where reasonably practicable leaflets and notices placed in conspicuous places in the workplace informing workers of the dangers of the virus, the manner of its transmission, the measures to prevent transmission such as personal hygiene, social distancing, use of masks, cough etiquette and where to go for screening or testing if presenting with the symptoms? |
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SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES
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10. | Is the workplace arranged to ensure minimal contact between workers and as far as practicable, ensure that there is a minimum of one and half metres between workers while they are working, for example, at their workstations? |
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11. | Where it is not practicable to arrange work stations to be spaced at least one and a half metres apart, did the employer— |
• | Arrange physical barriers to be placed between work stations or erected on work stations to form a solid physical barrier between workers while they are working; or |
• | Supply the employee free of charge with appropriate PPE based on a risk assessment of the working place? |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES
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SYMPTOM SCREENING
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12. | Are all workers being screened, at the time that they report for work, to ascertain whether they have any of the observable symptoms associated with COVID-19, namely fever, cough, sore throat, redness of eyes or shortness of breath (or difficulty in breathing)? |
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SANITIZERS, DISINFECTANTS AND OTHER MEASURES
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13. | Are all employees and the person with whom they interact with having access at all times to hand sanitizer? |
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14. | Are all sanitisers 70 %+ alcohol based? |
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15. | Are there a strict cleaning routine procedures that have been introduced, that includes wiping down (sanitising) all surfaces. |
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16. | Do employees have access to soap and running clean water to wash their hands? |
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CLOTH MASKS
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17. | Are all employees provided with at least two cloth masks to wear while at or commuting? |
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18. | Are all employees wearing masks? |
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MEASURES IN RESPECT OF WORKPLACES TO WHICH PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS
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19. | Is the workplace arranged to ensure that there is a distance at least one and a half metres between workers and members of the public or between members of the public? |
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20. | Did the employer display notices advising persons other than employees entering the workplace of the precautions they are required to observe while in the workplace? |
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21. | For any sections where there is public interaction are there physical barriers or face shields or visors provided to workers? |
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22. | Are all persons entering the workplace other employees screened to ascertain whether they have any of the observable symptoms associated with COVID-19? |
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