COVID-19 Workplace Health and Safety Guidelines

The COVID-19 Return to Work Guidelines or Policy is a set of rules, policies, and guidelines formulated by employers which outline actions taken by the employer and employee to protect employees from coronavirus infection. The purpose of these guidelines is to guarantee the safety of the employees working during the COVID-19 crisis by limiting the spread of the virus.

As the COVID-19 pandemic still persist, it is extremely important to educate employees on safety precautions they must follow to ensure their safety. To this end, this document is necessary for employers whose office-based staff are working during this global pandemic. If all employees are working from home (remotely), use the Remote Work Policy instead. However, but if some, but not all employees are working from home, the employer will require this document as well as the Remote Work Policy.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have issued guidelines that have been adapted in this document to provide detailed safety guidelines employees should comply with while working from the office during the pandemic.

How to use this document

This Policy simply provides hygiene rules and guidelines, social distancing rules, safety rules during meetings and appointments, how suspected coronavirus cases will be handled in the workplace, sick leaves, remote policies, and other relevant safety rules and precautions for employees, clients or customers, and visitors of the employer.

This document is useful in this critical period when employees are working during the pandemic to provide important safety guidelines required to ensure the safety of employees, visitors, and clients, and preventing the spread of the virus.

After completing the document, the document should be printed and a copy of this document should be given to the employees of the organization.

Applicable law

The NCDC Guidelines for Employers and Businesses apply to this document. The Labour Act 2004 regulates employment relationships in Nigeria. Also, the general rules of contract apply to the document.

How to modify the template

You fill out a form. The document is created before your eyes as you respond to the questions.

At the end, you receive it in Word and PDF formats. You can modify it and reuse it.