KUALA LUMPUR: The Safe@Work initiative will enable close contact workers to continue working under a new protocol, known as the Safe Work Bubble, said Senior Minister cum International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
He said the initiative will help to prevent disruption of company operations and reduce the adverse impact on productivity in the event of a positive COVID-19 case in business premises.
"Close contact workers will be isolated from the local community as well as other workers until they have been certified as COVID-19 negative," he told a media briefing today.
Mohamed Azmin said among other things, the initiative emphasises the establishment of Safe Work Bubble for close contact workers in factory areas and employee accommodation premises.
It also calls for companies to establish a COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Team to prepare and implement procedures to manage emergency cases.
"Companies need to set up a dedicated team to ensure the level of compliance and internal audit outlined under this initiative.
"We want to empower the industries. Self-reliance is important and industries too must be part of efforts to ensure the safety dan health of workers by adopting this new approach," he added.
He noted that currently, close contact workers must be quarantined and are not allowed to work until they have been certified COVID-19 free after undergoing a health screening.
Mohamed Azmin said the Safe@Work initiative was a proactive measure by the ministry as it is taking a serious view of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the manufacturing premises as well as related services sectors.
He said as of March 16, 2021, the Health Ministry has reported that the manufacturing sector accounted for 58.1 per cent or 184 clusters of the nation's COVID-19 cases
Safe@Work is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that can be implemented by companies in the manufacturing sector, requiring employers to provide safe accommodations for employees as well as comply with the Minimum Standards of Accommodation and Housing for Employees Act 1990 (Act 446).
It outlines responsibilities relating to the management of employees who are COVID-19 positive, close contacts, health screening as well as measures to prevent transmission among employees.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Thu Mar 18 2021
Mohamed Azmin said among other things, the initiative emphasises the establishment of Safe Work Bubble for close contact workers in factory areas and employee accommodation premises. Filepic/BERNAMA
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