The Federal Ministry of Human Resources issues a guide for dealing with Covid-19 patients, suspects and contacts

Today, the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources issued a guideline for dealing with infected persons, contacts or suspected of having symptoms of the Covid-19 virus, at workplaces in the federal authorities, which comes as a complement to all the guides and circulars issued by the authority regarding the precautionary measures for dealing with Epidemics in general, and the Covid-19 pandemic in particular.

In this regard, the authority clarified that this guide aims to ensure the safety of the premises and the work environment from the outbreak of diseases and epidemics, and to establish a mechanism for dealing with employees infected with Covid 19 virus in the workplace, as well as suspected cases or cases in contact with infected persons, and to educate federal authorities and their employees of the procedures to be followed in Cases of injury, suspicion, and mixing with a statement of the roles and responsibilities of those involved in this regard.

The authority indicated that all federal authorities should respond and deal with confirmed or suspected cases of corona by taking a set of measures, including: (Providing necessary logistical support to protect employees and customers, including adherence to all measures and precautionary measures issued periodically by the competent authorities. In the country, and coordination with health institutions to transfer the injured or suspected of being infected in the workplace to hospitals to conduct the necessary checks, identify those in contact with confirmed and suspected cases, and isolate the injured and suspects in places designated for temporary health isolation in the workplace until they are transferred to the hospital).

Other measures that the federal authorities must take in this regard include: (Supporting the employees ’commitment to guidelines for prevention and hygiene, ensuring the availability of appropriate health requirements according to the nature of the entity’s work, and spreading and educating employees and dealers and continuously informing them of all developments related to the precautionary measures and procedures. Through the use of available technical means).

Roles of human resource management

The guide defined a set of responsibilities entrusted to the human resources departments in the ministries and federal entities, including: (isolating the injured or suspected employee in places designated for temporary health isolation in workplaces, and communicating directly with the concerned health authorities and reporting the case, and implementing all procedures that are done Requested by the competent health authorities until it is transferred by health care professionals and obtain his data, and the staff and dealers are evacuated from the work area or office of the injured person and inform them in the event of their contact with the injured person, while ensuring that the rest of the employees are not mixed with the case.)

According to the guide, human resources departments must inform the senior management in the federal entity of the infected case immediately, inform the competent medical authorities of the presence of the infected or suspected case immediately, and limit the information of persons in contact with the injured as soon as possible, and conduct a comprehensive sterilization of the work area of ​​the injured person or his office and facilities Immediately used by him, in addition to conducting infection detection examinations for contacts, requesting home self-isolation for a period of not less than 3 days, coordinating remote work for employees who had contact or suspected of having Covid 19 during the isolation period, and coordinating and conducting infection detection checks for contacts when the period expires Dismissal to ensure their safety before returning to work in the workplace or offices, and to record the case and its results in the case register approved by the federal entity

Responsibilities of the line manager

The guide deals with the responsibilities of the direct supervisor of the injured or suspected employee, represented in: (Immediately informing the Human Resources Department in the event of his discovery or knowledge of an infection or contact with one of his employees with the virus, and informing the Human Resources Department in the event that an employee travels outside the country or When the employee returns from outside the country and starts his work, and to ensure that the employee adheres to the requirements required by the health authorities in the country in terms of conducting the required examination, knowing the negative results of the examination, following up the performance of remote employees, and making sure that the checks are carried out before starting work and returning from the system Distance working).

Employee responsibilities

According to the guide, the employee must follow the health procedures and measures issued by the competent health authorities with regard to preventive measures when feeling any symptoms, and disclose travel and return cases from travel and contact cases if any, and the need to present a report of the examination result after returning to the country and before starting work, and inform the president The direct management and human resources management when he feels any symptoms similar to Covid 19 disease with disclosure of all the places he visited in the federal entity, as well as about the employees who had contact with them at the workplace, and finally the obligation to conduct a medical examination immediately upon knowledge of contact or feeling any of the general symptoms of the virus Covid 19, or when his employer requests it.

Scope of application of the guide

The guide for dealing with infected persons, contacts, or suspected of having symptoms of the Covid virus pandemic 19 in the workplace of the federal authorities, is applied to all civil employees working in federal agencies, and also includes external dealers with federal authorities.

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