Tag: health risk assessment
Unpacking the new mandatory vaccinations Code of Practice
On 4 April 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the National State of Disaster would be lifted with effect from 00:00 on 5 April 2022. One of the effects of this is that the Code of Good Practice: Managing Exposure to SARS-COV-2 in the Workplace (Code) became effective on 5 April 2022.
Best practice for back to work in the pandemic
COVID-19 introduces regulatory and ethical challenges to companies and employees returning to work. Stringent regulations and careful planning define the approaches of organisations and employees returning to the workplace in the pandemic.
Impact of employees’ health and wellbeing on corporate SA
Corporates are currently dealing with how to report company performance whilst navigating a myriad of uncertainties due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This includes ensuring that not just the financial information but the environmental, social and governance elements of the annual report are an accurate reflection of the company’s response to this pandemic.
BOOK REVIEW | Practical COVID-19 Risk Management Guide
With the commencement of Level 3 of COVID-19 lockdown on 01 June, many employers are feeling overwhelmed with their obligations to meet the regulatory requirements and ensure the health and safety of those employees, who have returned to work, and are needing assistance in establishing the various protocols for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.
Assisting distressed companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic
The Department of Employment and Labour has recently provided much needed guidance in respect of questions which employers have been grappling with since President Ramaphosa's declaration of a National State of Disaster on Sunday 15 March 2020.
