Abu Dhabi’s Department of Economic Development (DED) issued on Thursday new coronavirus-related guidelines to allow businesses to re-open and employees to resume workplace attendance.
The guidelines state that “low risk individuals” are eligible to be in the workplace, but those who can effectively do their jobs remotely should continue to work from home.
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The criteria for low risk individuals eligible to be in the workplace: Aged 18 – 55, live alone or with low risk individuals, and not suffering from any chronic diseases.
People above the age of 55, pregnant women, and those living with anyone suffering from chronic diseases or living with anyone above the age of 60 are not eligible to return to the workplace.
The DED said that employers are required to accommodate their staff’s needs, including allowing parents who choose to work from home while schools are closed to do so and not pressuring or penalizing those who are not eligible to return to work.
The guidelines include measures to be implemented in each workplace, in addition to sector-based measures for construction, manufacturing and utilities, financial services, retail and wholesale, transportation, and restaurants and hospitality.
All businesses must implement social distancing, sanitization of work and communal spaces, and capping attendance capacity at 30 percent (except for construction, manufacturing and utilities sectors).
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