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WORKPLACE RE-ENTRY
c c c c c c c c c c c of of any age with with underlying commonly encountered chronic medical conditions particularly if not well controlled including people with with one of of of or a a a a a a a combination of the following:
i i i i i i i i i i i i chronic chronic lung disease: moderate to severe asthma chronic chronic obstructive pulmonary pulmonary disease disease disease (COPD) bronchiectasis idiopathic pulmonary pulmonary fibrosis active TB and post-tuberculous lung disease disease (PTLD)
ii diabetes (poorly controlled) or or with late complications iii serious heart heart heart conditions: heart heart heart failure coronary artery disease disease cardiomyopathies pulmonary hypertension congenital heart heart heart disease disease iv chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis v v chronic liver disease including cirrhosis and vi moderate/severe hypertension (poorly controlled) or or or with target organ damage
d d d severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 40 or higher)
e e e e e e e e e e e e those who are immunocompromised immunocompromised In this regard many conditions can can cause a a a a a a a a a a a a a person to be immunocompromised immunocompromised including cancer treatment smoking bone marrow or or or or or organ transplantation immune immune deficiencies poorly controlled HIV or or or or or AIDS and and prolonged use of corticosteroids and and other immune immune weakening medications
f f >28 weeks pregnant (and especially with any of co-morbidities listed above) 7
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Employers should implement a process to identify both workers who:
a a a a are themselves at high-risk for severe illness from COVID-19 and b reside with or or or care for for persons that are are at at high-risk for for severe illness from COVID-19 (including family members aged parents etc ) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Vulnerable Workers”)
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1 3 Employers should should take on the the the expense of having a a a a a a a a a Vulnerable Worker assessed
in in in the the the the event that a a a a a a a a a a a a a worker cannot afford such costs the the the the employee employee should should be assessed
by a a a a a a a a a a a a doctor doctor (noting the the the the doctor-employee confidentiality) and and preferably one who has insight into the the workplace and its processes 7
1 4 For additional information on on on Vulnerable Worker assessment leave procedures and incapacity management please click here 7
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Additional measures to protect Vulnerable Workers 7
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1 Employers should consider what additional risk control measures would be appropriate in respect of Vulnerable Workers and and develop policies and and procedures to to give effect to to those measures WORKPLACE RE-ENTRY
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