Engineering News reports that in her weekly newsletter, Business Leadership SA (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso argued that it was time for SA to review Covid-19 restrictions on workplaces.
She noted that Covid-19 restrictions were last relaxed at the end of December, when gatherings of up to 1,000 people were permitted indoors and the curfew abolished. Since then, the Omicron wave has firmly receded. “But restrictions have not yet been relaxed for workplaces, leaving many companies unable to resume normal operations. Organised business is working on many fronts to improve health practices and provide legal certainty around vaccine mandates,” Mavuso noted. She pointed out that, as matters stood, employers must enable employees to work from home where possible and they must also ensure physical distancing and mask-wearing. “South Africa does not have the luxury of fiscal room to continue to absorb economic losses. We need economic growth to recover as fast as possible,” Mavuso stated. In her view, companies should be free to choose whether to require employees on site or not. Mavuso pointed out that the health risks of working on site could be reduced by employers introducing regular testing on site, while she also highlighted the importance of vaccination.
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