Key Guidelines to Restart the Workplace After COVID-19 Lockdown

As the lockdown restrictions are gradually eased in some zones / districts wise to bring back the economy on track, the “India Government“ has issued some “Guidelines for restarting the workplaces after lockdown”

Here are the key guidelines that every workforce and organization should follow,

• Every organization should need to sanitize their workplaces in every two-three hours after each use and especially on the common floors like lunchrooms, tables, rest rooms, etc…
• For accommodation, sanitization needs to be performed regularly to ensure the safety of labourers and reduce the chain process of the virus.

Ensure gloves, masks, and hand sanitizers to be provided at all workplace units

Every workforce needs to be checked (temperature) twice a day if any symptoms showed should not report to work.

Educate the safety measures at the personal level from entry to exit in the workplace

• Sterilise boxes and wrapping brought into premises
• Isolate and sanitize finished goods as appropriate
• Delivery of goods in shifts

Create physical barriers and marks to follow the social distancing measures in the entire workplace and provide face protection shields along with masks and PPEs

• Organizations that work 24/7 at full production capacity should have a break between the work shifts, except the workplaces required continuous operations
• Administrative and executive-level employees should work one shift at a 33% workforce as per MHA guidelines; overriding priority should be conducted with personnel safety precautions
• Provide additional sets of tools to avoid sharing the equipment

Organizations should have to prepare accommodation to isolate workers who have a positive result with mandatory quarantine for 14 days

Employees who handle the hazardous material must be skilled and experienced in the field

Also Read: How to Quarantine Yourself from COVID-19

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