Gas Regulator Levies Act, 2002
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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesConsolidated Directions on Occupational Health and Safety measures in certain workplaces9. Measures in respect of workplaces to which public has access |
| (1) | The principal purpose of the measures contained in the following clause is to protect workers from being exposed to the virus through their interaction with the public and to protect members of the public from being exposed to virus through their interaction with workers or other persons present in such a workplace. |
| (2) | Depending on what is reasonably practicable, given the nature of the workplace contemplated in subdirection (1), every employer must— |
| (a) | determine the floor area of the workplace in square metres in order to determine the number of customers and workers that may be inside the workplace at any one time with adequate space available; |
| (b) | arrange the workplace 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; |
| (c) | put in place physical barriers at counters or provide workers with face shields or visors; |
| (d) | undertake symptom screening measures of persons other than its employees entering the workplace with due regard to available technology and any guidelines issued by the Department of Health; |
| (e) | display notices advising persons, other than employees entering the workplace, of the precautions they are required to observe while in the workplace; |
| (f) | require members of the public, including suppliers, to wear masks when inside their premises; |
| (g) | take steps to ensure that customers queuing inside or outside the workplace are able to maintain a distance of one and half metres from each other; |
| (h) | provide hand sanitizer for use by the public at the entrance to the workplace; and |
| (i) | assign an employee as a compliance officer to ensure that these measures are complied with and that all directions in respect of hygienic conditions and limitation of exposure to persons with COVID-19 are adhered to. |
