COVID-19 Guidelines for you and your employees

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and announcements by governments means businesses are faced right now with even bigger dilemmas on how to maintain normal business operations and services during the threat of the potential spread of this virus.

Since our last update, besides increased requirements for self-isolation, social distancing and limitations to the size of gatherings, businesses now have to take more drastic measures with the implementation of partial lock-downs from today.Employers are required to maintain a safe place of work while at the same time taking care not to breach discrimination protections or overlook legislated employee entitlements.

To assist you through this process, we are providing you with some useful guidelines and strategies, as well as the option of buying one of our a ready-to-use Work from Home Kits at a reduced rate.

Guidelines for Employers & Employees 

• Assess risks and establish a business continuity plan

• Develop controls to address the risks

• Encourage positive mental health

• Comply with legislation and internal policies

• Provide clear guidelines and updates to employees

• Provide info on working from home (if relevant)

For full details on how to implement these actions, please download the Guidelines below. If you are looking at making any employees redundant, please contact us, so that we can discuss correct procedures.

PLEASE NOTE:  that these documents are both in Word format, to enable you to very quickly amend and adapt them further to suit your organisation.  Please contact HRplus if you require any assistance.