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Legal Alert | No more respirators in the workplace from 14 March 2022
- Czech Republic
14-03-2022
End of respirators
- From 14 March 2022, the Government has abolished the general obligation to wear respirators in all indoor areas, including all workplaces where it was not possible to maintain a minimum distance of 1.5m.
- The obligation to wear a respirator will continue to apply only in:
- healthcare facilities;
- social service facilities (homes for the elderly, care centres, etc.); and
- public transport (including taxis).
- Employers providing services where the obligation to wear a respirator will continue to apply will still be obliged to equip their employees with a sufficient number of respirators for each working shift.
Options for employers
- Although the Government has abolished the obligation to wear a respirator in the workplace, employers can continue to impose this obligation on their employees by adopting their own OHS measures.
- The measure must be issued as a result of an assessment of all workplace health and safety risks to employees (e.g. due to increased employee contact with customers).
- Please note, that it may be difficult to properly and sufficiently justify the need for such a measure in view of the current epidemiological situation.
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