Mining Weekly reports that the Minerals Council SA (MCSA) has made certain recommendations to member companies in light of the risks that a third Covid-19 wave poses due to infections surging over the Easter long weekend and other upcoming public holidays.
The council’s CEO Zero Harm Forum held a special meeting earlier this month to discuss the potential impact of a third wave, as well as how to manage that risk. It subsequently recommended to member companies that they should communicate with employees, contractors and communities about measures to avoid or mitigate a third wave of infections. The council also suggested that employees be discouraged, wherever possible, from travelling over Easter, with CEOs and management to be seen leading by example. The MCSA urged that public holiday work incentives be used to encourage employees not to take leave over the long weekend. Companies have been asked to rather offer employees leave days later in the year. The MCSA further stressed to members that they should step up return-to-work screening and testing procedures during this period to reduce the risk of employees, who have been travelling, starting a new wave of workplace transmissions.
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