Published on: Tue 28 April 2020
Guidance COVID-19: Back to the workplace
The European Commission has published a guidance document on adapting workplaces and protecting workers for when the physical distancing measures achieve a sufficient reduction in COVID-19 transmission rates and national administrations are authorising a gradual resumption of work activities. The full text is available here.
The (non-binding) guidance covers subjects as:
- Risk assessment and appropriate measures
- minimising exposure to COVID-19
- resuming work after a period of closure
- coping with a high rate of absence
- managing workers working from home
- Involving workers
- Taking care of workers who have been ill
- Planning and learning for the future
- Staying well informed
- Information specific for sectors and occupations
- Construction
- Retail
- Food
- Maintenace and domestic services
- Leisure and entertainment
- Education
- Hairdressing
- Policing and prisons
- National compilations (non-exchaustive)
- Transport
- Health and care services
- Others (f.e. schools and nurseries, funeral homes, call centres, automotive indusrtu, textile, clots, leather and footware industries, security guards)