COVID-Safe Plans and Worker Permits

COVID-Safe Plan

Under the Stage 4 restrictions, certain services and industries will be able to remain operational and will be required by law to have a COVID-Safe Plan. Employers must complete their COVID Safe plan by 11.59pm on 7 August 2020.


A COVID-Safe Plan helps protect your workers, customers and visitors. Find out more.  The Victorian Government have created a COVID-Safe Plan template and guidance to create your own.

Worker Permits

From 11:59pm on Wednesday 5 August, employers that require their staff to attend a work site must issue a worker permit to their employees – this is the employer’s responsibility.

Employers can issue a worker permit to their employee if:

- the organisation is on the list of permitted activities
- the employee is working in an approved category for on-site work, and
- the employee cannot work from home.

There are two reasons that retail employees will require a Worker Permit; to help provide "contactless pickup for public" and "for the purposes of fulfilling online orders."

Each employee required to be on site must receive an individual worker permit.

Read more or download the template