COVID-19 National Protocol for Employers and Workers should be consulted if employees must perform certain duties in the workplace. It's important to remember that the best way to prevent an outbreak of #COVID19 in your business is to facilitate remote working whenever possible.
The Work Safely Protocol sets out the minimum Public Health infection prevention and control measures required to be taken by employers and workers, in every place of work, to prevent and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
This Protocol is applicable to all sectors of the economy. It sets out the minimum Public Health infection prevention and control measures required in every place of work to prevent and reduce the spread of COVID-19 and in the ongoing safe operation of workplaces.
Where attendance in the workplace is necessary, the Work Safely Protocol continues to provide clear and important guidance on the Public Health infection prevention and control measures required in every place of work to prevent and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Collaborative and open engagement between employers and workers, based on the Work Safely Protocol, can ensure that, where attendance in the workplace is necessary, workplaces operate in a manner which prevents the spread of COVID-19. The Protocol re-iterates the importance of the vital role of the Lead Worker Representative as workers return to workplaces.
The Protocol also contains useful links directing employers and employees to a range of Government Departments and Agencies where additional and more detailed information and guidance can be sourced.
Work Safely Protocol »
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An Prótacal um Oibriú go Sábháilte »
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Guidance Note from LEEF Consultative Group on the Work Safely Protocol »
Guidance Note from the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) Consultative Group on the Work Safely Protocol.
Data Protection – Work Safely Protocol »
This guidance document has been prepared to assist in providing the necessary clarification to employers (and their representatives) where the measures set out in the Protocol may result in the processing of personal data.
