Workplace Directions
Employers for Permitted Work Premises are only permitted to have employees on-site if the employer and employee comply with the Workplace Directions. The directions came into force at 11:59pm on 5 August 2020 and are designed to limit the number of Victorians attending Work Premises.
Below are some key take aways from the directions, employers must:
- Have staff work from home if they can
- comply with the directions (exemption list)
- comply with this legislation
- must have workers wear face coverings, except if
- in an outdoor space provided no one else is in the area (except family member form same residence). For example, a famer working alone in a field
- in a vehicle by themselves (except family member form same residence)
- have a covid plan and comply with it – except fewer than 5 workers
- record all workers and visitors who attend for longer than 15 mins
- first name
- phone number
- date and time
- areas worked
- Protect personal info and destroy this info following 28 days (this is an issue)
- Comply with the density quotient
- Number of people dividing the accessible space by 4 – example in the legislation
- Take all reasonable steps to clean shared spaces
- Must wipe with a disinfectant that has antiviral properties
- Not have staff working while displaying symptoms (or confirmed case) w/ steps listed inc. keeping records and undertaking a risk assessment w/ example given
View the complete Workplace Directions