Following up on recent government announcements, the Bill of law
7924 was voted on 16 December 2021, amending the Law of 17 July
2020 on measures to combat Covid-19
("Law") and comes into force from Friday
17 December 2021.
One of the main changes for employers relates to the
implementation of a compulsory Covid-Check regime at the workplace,
applicable between 15 January 2022 and 28 February 2022, including
the following measures:
1. In order to access the workplace, all employees must be able
to present a Covid-Check certificate, i.e. either:
- a vaccination certificate with a QR code; or
- a certificate of recovery with a QR code; or
- a Covid-19 test certificate with a QR code (the validity of
which is reduced to 48 hours for a PCR test and 24 hours for an
antigen test); or