The current Corona Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance is still in effect until 7 April 2023, but now Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil has announced that it will expire as.
The dynamic development of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth a number of new regulations. On April 20, 2021, the second amendment to the SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety.
On April 20, 2021, the second amendment to the SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation went into effect, requiring employers nationwide to offer employees who do not work exclusively from home offices COVID-19 tests at least once per week.
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We have now been back in a hard lockdown since mid-December 2020. Even when the so-called lockdown lite was decided, the German Chancellor and the heads of government of the German states called on companies to (re)enable their employees to work at home or to work remotely from home in view of the high number of infections.
The Corona Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance (the
Corona-ArbSchV ) has been in force throughout Germany since January 27, 2021 and although it is currently due to expire March 15, 2021, it is likely that its duration will be extended unless the incidence rates fall significantly.