IN BRIEF By means of updates, we hooked up the Public Well being (Additional Extension of Declared Public Well being Emergency—COVID-19) Regulation (No. 2) 2022.

Abstract

On 17 June 2022, Queensland’s declared public well being emergency for COVID-19 was prolonged to 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022.

Consequently, Public Well being Instructions (PHD) with an finish date of 24 June 2022 have been robotically prolonged till 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022. Instructions will probably be progressively up to date to reference the brand new date of twenty-two September 2022.

What does this imply for you?

In case you are an employer or office topic to the PHD, it’s now time to think about:

• The place you will have workers who will not be vaccinated, and topic to a contraindication, whether or not the contraindication certificates remains to be present. If it isn’t present, you need to ask them for an replace on their vaccination standing. In the event that they proceed to work the place the contraindication certificates has expired, your office will probably be in breach of the PHD.
• The place you will have workers who will not be vaccinated, and will not be topic to a contraindication, however have taken prolonged go away or are working from house, you need to think about whether or not the present association can proceed till September 22, 2022.
• If an worker is just not vaccinated, and isn’t topic to a contraindication, you could want to think about whether or not their employment can proceed. It will be important in such instances that procedurally honest processes are carried out to make sure compliance with the Truthful Work Act 2009.