Last updated: 10 Dec 2020 11:55am
Show your commitment to COVID Safety and help keep our communities safe. Complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan specific to your industry and register as a COVID Safe business.
Some businesses will need to complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan under the public health orders, but you can also voluntarily complete one in order to keep your workers and visitors safe.
Registering your premises as a COVID Safe business is mandatory for some industries and comes with some obligations.
NSW DPI is encouraging industry to have a COVID Safe Business Plan in place to protect the primary industries sector and workforce.
Completing a COVID Safety Plan is a quick and easy way to protects yourself, your workers, community and business.
Here are some handy resources that may help you:
Visit the COVID Safe businesses webpage for more information.
Social distancing means we reduce the number of close physical and social contacts we have with one another. When social distancing actions are combined with good personal hygiene measures the spread of a pandemic through the community can be slowed.
If you are required to self-isolate you will be informed by NSW Health. This will normally only occur if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 or have returned from overseas travel. If you are required to self-isolate you will need to be isolated for 14 days.
NSW Health has a range of advice on social distancing and self-isolation.
Social distancing means the same for primary producers as it does for the rest of the community.
When social distancing actions are combined with good personal hygiene measures the spread of a pandemic through the community can be slowed.
Social distancing means:
Find out more about social distancing.
If an employee becomes sick please ring the national COVID-19 hotline on 1800 020 080 and follow the advice of health officials.
Safe Work Australia has produced an infographic with advice on how to handle cases of COVID-19 in the workplace (PDF, 45.1 KB).
Workers diagnosed with COVID-19 must also notify their employer as soon as possible.
If you are an employer in NSW, you must notify SafeWork NSW as soon as possible where a risk from exposure to COVID-19 has occurred.
Use Speak Up to let us know about unsafe work anywhere, anytime or call 13 10 50.
As an employer in NSW you must also inform your workers compensation insurer of any workplace injury or serious illness) you become aware of (including COVID-19) within 48 hours.