The previous Corona occupational health and safety regulation 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 infection figures have dropped considerably in recent weeks. However, against the background of the spread of the delta mutation, a fourth wave of infection cannot be ruled out, so that special infection protection at work must continue to be maintained.

Nevertheless, in view of the currently low case numbers, some mitigations have been made in the current version of the Corona ArbSchV:

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

The demands for company hygiene plans on the basis of risk assessments and Sector-specific aids to action. Contact with people for operational reasons 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 at break times and in break rooms.

The amended version of the Corona Ordinance on Occupational Health and Safety is initially limited until 10 September 2021.

Source: www.bmas.de

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