As part of the risk-adjusted strategy implemented by the South
African Government, various organisations and their employees are
being phased back into work to keep the economy active, while
trying to limit the risk of infection. How operations are to be
conducted will depend on the "alert level" that the
country is in, which ranges from 5 (high degree of restrictions) to
1 (low degree of restrictions). There are a few strings attached to
this and it will not be business as usual.
The phasing-in process is regulated by the Regulations published
in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002. The Regulations
contain general measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) during the national state of disaster and specific
measures that an employer must comply with during alert level 4
– the current alert level.
