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WORKPLACE RE-ENTRY
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e workers workers are provided with the the necessary tools tools and and equipment equipment required to to to to perform their job to to to to to avoid sharing of of workers’ tools tools and and and equipment equipment insofar as as it it is reasonable and practicable to to do so so f ffi ffi f f there are sufficient quantities of of hand sanitizer (with at least 70% alcohol content) having regard to the the the the the the the number of of of workers workers or or or or or or other persons who access the the the the the the the workplace workplace at the the the the the the the entrance of of and in in the the the the the the the workplace workplace which the the the the the the the workers workers or or or or or or other other persons are required to use g every worker who works away from the the workplace other than at at home should be provided with an an an adequate supply of hand sanitizer h h h h h h h h h h if a a a a a a a worker worker worker interacts with with the the the public the the the employer should provide the the the worker worker worker with with with sufficient supplies of hand-sanitizer at at at that worker’s workstation for both the the the the the the worker worker worker and and and the the person with with whom the the worker worker worker is interacting and and and i i ffi i i the workplace is sufficiently ventilated 10 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
10 1 1 Types of PPE 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 The type of PPE to to to to be used will vary according to to to to the the setting and and work activity medical risk risk factors in in in in relation to to to to Vulnerable Workers and and should follow from the the the employer’s risk risk assessment For example the the PPE required for for those caring for for COVID-19 patients will differ to workers in in in an an office or or or or or industrial environment Further guidance on on on the the the types o of of PPE PPE as as well as as the the the application o of of appropriate PPE PPE use be found here 10 1 1 2 The general requirement for workers to wear masks does not take away from the fact that that where a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a risk assessment indicates that that PPE PPE is is required those categories of of workers should be provided with with the accredited PPE PPE in in in accordance with with National Department of of Health guidelines 10 1 1 3 There may be be specific regulations or or standards which prescribe the minimum PPE requirements applicable for that industry Cloth masks for workers 10 2 1 1 To ensure that N95 masks masks masks surgical masks masks masks and other medical masks masks masks are are secured
for for those those workers workers who have the the highest health health risk such as as as as health health care workers workers persons with respiratory symptoms or or or or or or or those those caring for for COVID-19 patients at at at home employers should ensure all other workers do not use use medical grade masks without good cause 10 2 2 2 2 Employers should ensure provision of of of cloth masks to every worker worker in in in in their workplace workplace This is is is in in in in the the the the interests of of of health health and and safety of of of workers in in in in the the the the workplace workplace and and and as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a support to to the the the the public health health measures These masks should be provided free of charge and and an an an an employer employer may not require a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a worker worker to to pay the the the the employer employer or or or or or any other person for a a a a a a a a a a a a cloth mask or or or or or make a a a a a a a a a a a a deduction from the the the worker’s remuneration WORKPLACE RE-ENTRY
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