Dear customers,
By Ordinance № РД 01-219 of 02 April 2020, the Minister of labour and social policy Denitsa Sacheva ordered that until the lifting of the state of emergency, the employers must implement measures to prevent the risk of spread of COVID-19 in accordance with the type and nature of their business activities and to ensure adequate working conditions including at least:
1. Conducting emergency briefing for workers and employees with a focus on the limitation of COVID-19 spread and provision of up-to-date information about the risks of infection, including provision of appropriate instructions, information materials and guidance on using reliable sources of information.
2. Implementation of access control ensuring the control and non-admission to the territory of the enterprise of workers and employees, as well as outsiders with manifestations of acute infectious diseases.
3. Establishment of work organization that minimizes direct contacts between workers and employees and also between them and outsiders in the territory of the enterprises, and where possible - keeping a distance of not less than 1-1.5 meters.
4. Mandatory cleaning and disinfection of workplaces, sanitary facilities, areas for rest and canteens. The disinfection must be carried out at least twice during the working day/work shift but not less than the frequency determined by the producer of the preparations used. In case of shift work, the mandatory disinfection must be carried out after the end of each shift.
5. Providing the necessary conditions for personal hygiene of the workers: running hot water, detergents, napkins, and disposable towels, disinfectants, and others.
6. Ensuring good respiratory hygiene at the workplace by regular ventilation of the premises.
7. Provision of necessary personal and collective protective equipment for protection of the workers compliant with the specificity of the activity - protective facial masks, gloves, and others.
8. Disinfection and ventilation of vehicles after each journey when using company vehicles minimizing the number of workers and employees in the vehicle and providing them with protective equipment.
9. Temporary suspension from work of workers who show flu-like symptoms or when workers and employees do not use the personal protective equipment provided to them.
The implementation of the above measures shall be discussed in the Committees/Groups on working conditions at the enterprises, and in enterprises with less than 5 workers – with all workers and employees. The control on the execution of the Ordinance is assigned to the General Labour Inspectorate Executive Agency.