Updated Guidance on Dealing with a Pandemic in the Workplace



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Experts recommend that workflows be managed by organizing work and that workers go home immediately if signs of acute upper respiratory tract infections are present.

This procedure is foreseen by decision of the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, head of emergency operations at the state level.

The heads of the institutions, agencies and state and municipal companies that they manage are obliged to ensure that employees who show signs of acute infections of the upper respiratory tract, such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing, etc., are immediately separated from the other employees and go home.

Employees experiencing signs of coronavirus should be advised by their employer or their authorized representative to consult the Coronavir Hotline in 1808 or their family physician.

Managers of the public sector are obliged, if possible, to organize work in shifts, brigades, groups, so that employees of different groups do not come into contact with each other. Different groups of workers should have different start, finish and lunch breaks.

Adhering to the principle of group segregation is particularly important so that professionals can easily track everyone working in a single shift or group in the event of a coronavirus outbreak in a company and to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. Therefore, workplaces must ensure that people working different shifts, groups and crews do not have contact in common areas (eg break areas, food, smokers).

Meetings, conferences and conventions should, whenever possible, be organized remotely. If they occur live, protective equipment covering the nose and mouth (masks, respirators, etc.) should be worn.

The transport of workers to and from work should be organized in such a way that the vehicles do not transport people from different shifts, groups or crews.

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