LEGAL UPDATE – Public Well being Instructions prolonged in Queensland

IN BRIEF By means of updates, we hooked up the Public Well being (Additional Extension of Declared Public Well being Emergency—COVID-19) Regulation (No. 2) 2022.

Abstract

On 17 June 2022, Queensland’s declared public well being emergency for COVID-19 was prolonged to 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022.

Consequently, Public Well being Instructions (PHD) with an finish date of 24 June 2022 have been robotically prolonged till 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022. Instructions might be progressively up to date to reference the brand new date of twenty-two September 2022.

What does this imply for you?

In case you are an employer or office topic to the PHD, it’s now time to contemplate:

• The place you’ve gotten staff who will not be vaccinated, and topic to a contraindication, whether or not the contraindication certificates remains to be present. If it’s not present, you need to ask them for an replace on their vaccination standing. In the event that they proceed to work the place the contraindication certificates has expired, your office might be in breach of the PHD.
• The place you’ve gotten staff who will not be vaccinated, and will not be topic to a contraindication, however have taken prolonged depart or are working from dwelling, you need to take into account whether or not the present association can proceed till September 22, 2022.
• If an worker just isn’t vaccinated, and isn’t topic to a contraindication, chances are you’ll want to contemplate whether or not their employment can proceed. It is crucial in such circumstances that procedurally honest processes are applied to make sure compliance with the Honest Work Act 2009.