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

Notices

Consolidated COVID-19 Direction on Occupational Health and Safety measures in certain workplaces

46. Small businesses

 

Employers with 10 employees or less must take the following measures:

 

46.1 if the employer is permitted to recommence operations under the Regulations, it must develop a basic plan for the phasing in the return of its employees taking into account those that are able to work remotely and those over the age of 60 years or who have comorbidities;

 

46.2 arrange the workplace to ensure that employees are at least one and half metres apart or, if not practicable, place physical barriers between them to prevent the possible transmission of the virus;

 

46.3 ensure that employees that present with the symptoms set out in clause 25.1 are not permitted to work;

 

46.4 immediately contact the COVID-19 hotline: 0800 02 9999 for instruction and direct the employee to act in accordance with those instructions;

 

46.5 provide cloth masks or require an employee to wear some form of cloth covering over their mouth and nose while at work;

 

46.6 provide each employee with hand sanitizers, soap and clean water to wash their hands and disinfectants to sanitize their workstations;

 

46.7 ensure that each employee while at work washes with soap and sanitizes their hands; and

 

46.8 ensure that their workstations are disinfected regularly; and

 

46.9 take any other measures indicated by a risk assessment of the workplace including such measures as are appropriate in clause 43 if the public have access to the workplace.