STAGGERING statement ! >>>Neville Power, who is leading the...

STAGGERING statement ! >>>

Neville Power, who is leading the National COVID-19 co-ordination Commission, said his team has been working with businesses, peak bodies, unions and professional associations on four key challenges to getting back to work.

“The first is reconfiguring and restructuring worksites to make jobs safe in those worksites,” Mr Power said.

“That is very much a business by business proposition under the guidelines of social distancing and personal hygiene.”

The second is how to respond in the event there is a coronavirus outbreak in a workplace, particularly when it comes to contact tracing.

“And then (thirdly), how do we return that worksite to a safe place to work as quickly as we can.”

The fourth challenge, which Mr Power described as “very important”, is the clear flow of communication between all parties to understand what supports are in place.

“So, my message to business is a very, very simple – continue to work with your employees to find ways of configuring your business so you are able to introduce the restrictions on social distancing and hygiene into your normal business activities, and have plans in place and be ready as the restrictions change that you can continue to do that as more customers are coming into your business.”