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COVID-19: New COVID-19 Workplace Regulation for Employers in Germany Brings Home Office and Further Health and Safety Obligations Friday, January 22, 2021
Last year, the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (the Ministry) introduced specific health and safety regulations in the light of the pandemic. Today, the Ministry issued the new SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (COVID-19 Workplace Regulation), which will come into force on 27 January 2021. It refers to the regulations already in place, but it also clarifies that additional measures are necessary to limit the further spread of COVID-19.
Until now, distancing rules, hygiene measures, and masks had been the most important government-regulated workplace health and safety instruments in Germany. With the COVID-19 Workplace Regulation, additional temporary measures will be put in place including extended employer obligations for offering employees the ability to work fro
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Last year, the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (the Ministry) introduced specific health and safety regulations in the light of the pandemic. Today, the Ministry issued the new SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (COVID-19 Workplace Regulation), which will come into force on 27 January 2021. It refers to the regulations already in place, but it also clarifies that additional measures are necessary to limit the further spread of COVID-19.
Until now, distancing rules, hygiene measures, and masks had been the most important government-regulated workplace health and safety instruments in Germany. With the COVID-19 Workplace Regulation, additional temporary measures will be put in place including extended employer obligations for offering employees the ability to work from home.