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If the colleague is infected with Corona: You have to pay attention to this

2021-04-29T12:16:39.036Z


Many employees are worried about being infected with corona at work. But what should you do in an emergency if a colleague tests positive? 


Many employees are worried about being infected with corona at work.

But what should you do in an emergency if a colleague tests positive? 

  • No home office despite

    Corona

    : Not all people can do their

    work

    at home.

  • Many workers are afraid of contracting

    the

    coronavirus

    at

    work

    .

  • How to behave if a colleague

    tests

    positive for

    Corona

    at

    work

    .

Frankfurt - The

corona virus

has a firm grip on people's everyday lives.

Only in the workplace does the situation remain largely unchanged.

For many people, the

daily commute to

work

is the only situation in which they still leave their own four walls.

But what should be done if there is a risk of infection with

Corona

lurking there?

Many employees would rather not go to work at all because of the risk of infection.

Because: What if a work colleague tested positive?

Questions that also played a key role among those affected by a case in Hofheim am Taunus * that became known at the end of 2020.

There, an employee of a company tested positive for

Corona

.

A scenario on the

work

before in many places people fear.

Corona at work - the employer must take action

One thing is clear: First of all, it applies to employees not to panic and to keep a cool head when dealing with a specific situation

Corona suspected case or even a confirmed infection with the

coronavirus

becomes known

at

work

. Above all, it is important that the applicable hygiene and distance regulations are observed and strictly adhered to. The employer must take action and fulfill his duty of care and protection in order to prevent possible infection with

Corona

through further education and protective measures.

This means that the employer

must send home

the person who has a

corona infection

or who is specifically suspected of having been

infected

with

corona

.

This also applies to all employees who had

direct contact with this colleague

during their

work

.

This measure will be maintained until it has been finally clarified whether there is actually a corona infection.

Protection against corona at work: Sensitivity when dealing with symptoms is required

From a purely legal point of view, however, employers and works councils do not have the option of obliging their colleagues suspected of corona to visit a doctor.

However, the workers from contractual obligations in violation if it despite symptoms of infection with the

coronavirus

, to the point

work

appears.

He should immediately put himself under medical care and not hide the symptoms out of a possibly false sense of duty and continue working.

Sensitivity in dealing with signs that indicate

Corona

is the top priority in order to protect yourself and your colleagues.

Category 1 (high risk of infection)

Category 2 (low risk of infection)

Contact the person concerned for at least 15 minutes

Contact with the affected person for less than 15 minutes

No protection from wearing mouth and nose protection

Proper wearing of mouth and nose protection

More than 30 minutes in a room with a high aerosol concentration

Less than 30 minutes in the room with enriched aerosols

Corona at work: Which group is most at risk?

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) distinguishes between two categories of contact persons.

Category 2 includes all people who only had brief, fleeting contact with the colleague concerned.

This means that the contact did not last longer than 15 minutes and the mouth and nose cover according to Eurostandards was worn properly.

The risk of

becoming infected

with

corona

is therefore low in this group.

Category 1 therefore includes all employees who have had at least 15 minutes of uninterrupted contact with the

person infected

with

corona

without protection by a mouth and nose mask

and were therefore exposed to a higher risk of infection.

This group also includes people who have been in a room with a high concentration of infectious aerosols for at least 30 minutes.

Fear of Corona at work: Employees cannot quarantine themselves

The

health department will

ultimately decide

on any precautionary measures with regard to the further spread of the

coronavirus

.

If a 14-day domestic

quarantine is

ordered, this must be observed. If this order is not observed, the quarantine can even be enforced in court.

Whether the employees of entire departments or even the entire company who had no contact with the

person infected

with

Corona

are sent home

from

work

is at the employer's discretion. Some workers are afraid of

being infected

with the

coronavirus

at

work

, but they cannot simply

quarantine

themselves

as they are still contractually obliged to go

about

their work.

If employees have concerns about going to the office *, they only have the option of asking their supervisor to

do

their

work

in the home office.

If that is not possible either, the only option is to take vacation days to minimize the risk of a

corona infection

.

+

Due to the corona pandemic, jobs in one company are blocked.

© Gaetan Bally / dpa

Work and Corona: How long will the money be paid during the quarantine?

Should it happen that an employer has to take action after a confirmed

corona infection of

an employee and send parts of his workforce home, the employees do not have to worry about their salary. Everyone who can do their

work in the home office

even during the

quarantine

, fulfill their contractual work obligation and therefore receive their regular salary without restriction.

If this is not the case, the employee is prohibited from working or is on sick leave. The payment of wages continues for six weeks. If the

quarantine

lasts longer than six weeks

due to

Corona

, the corresponding health insurance company becomes active, as the sickness benefit claim takes effect from this point in time. (Yannick Wenig)

* fnp.de and hna.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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