The previous Corona Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance was limited until 30 June 2021. Due to the corona emergency brake, the significant progress in vaccination and the implementation of company regulations on infection protection, the number of infections has fallen considerably in recent weeks. However, in light of the spread of the delta mutation, a fourth wave of infections cannot be ruled out, meaning that special infection protection measures must continue to be maintained at work.

Nevertheless, in view of the currently low number of cases, some mitigations have been made in the current version of the Corona-ArbSchV:

• The obligation to enable home office activities will no longer be continued in the current version
• In rooms with multiple occupancy, there are no further requirements for rooms of less than 10 m² per employee; the minimum distance of 1.5 m and the obligation to ventilate remain in place
• The obligation to offer two self-tests per week does not apply to vaccinated and recovered people
• a mask requirement will remain in place in principle, but employers will only have to provide medical masks in future if sufficient protection is not achieved through technical or organisational measures.

The requirements for company hygiene plans based on risk assessments and Industry-specific guidelines. Contact between people during work must continue to be restricted, the simultaneous use of rooms by several people must be kept to a necessary minimum and protection against infection must also be ensured during breaks and in break rooms.

The amended version of the Corona-ArbSchV is initially limited until 10 September 2021.

Source: www.bmas.de

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