{"id":11034,"date":"2020-04-16T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lvdadvocaten.nl\/the-1-5-meter-workplace\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T06:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:56:37","slug":"the-1-5-meter-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lvdadvocaten.nl\/en\/the-1-5-meter-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1.5 meter workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All employers in the Netherlands face the challenging task in April\/May 2020 of developing policies for the period in which the current Corona measures are relaxed. How can work be done in the &#8220;1.5 meter economy&#8221;? <\/p>\n\n<p>According to the Occupational Health and Safety legislation, the employer is obliged to organize the work in such a way that there is a safe workplace, a safe production process, and safe working conditions. Since there is no vaccine yet, and a new outbreak must be prevented, it can be assumed that 1.5 meters physical distance will be the norm for the rest of 2020 and possibly beyond.  <\/p>\n\n<p>For some sectors such as hospitality, travel industry, agriculture and horticulture, shops, this will have a huge impact. Other sectors such as business and financial services can work much more easily from home, so an adjustment will be easier here. For all sectors: the workplace and work processes must be adapted and careful consideration must also be given to teleworking activities.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The following measures can be considered in the workplace, in no particular order: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At the entrance: Information about regulations and\/or a safety officer for enforcement thereof;<\/li><li>Walking paths on the work floor and on the stairs, staggered use of toilets and elevator;<\/li><li>Adjustment of work\/production process to maintain distance and avoid or limit physical contacts;<\/li><li>Inventory of materials and places that are intensively used and therefore need to be cleaned several times a day;<\/li><li>Dividing into teams that rotate working at the office or from home, spread out over the week (or day?);<\/li><li>Staggering lunch and break times across departments to prevent a crowded cafeteria;<\/li><li>Rearrange the open-plan office so that 1.5 meters distance can be maintained there as well (cubicles?);<\/li><li>Evaluation of flexible workspaces; can these still be used by rotating employees, or are they temporarily becoming personal (duo) workspaces again?<\/li><li>Individual: Adjust KPIs where physical contact moments are changed to, for example, video, and measure output instead of attendance;<\/li><li>taking inventory of employees who come by public transport and exploring alternatives with them;<\/li><li>Information and inspection of the home workspace to ensure compliance with Arbo standards;<\/li><li>Instructions for working from home (breaks, a healthy working posture, daily schedule with sufficient variety and breaks);<\/li><li>introducing software that enables contact with colleagues to simulate an office environment;<\/li><li>Investigation or measures to prevent psychosocial strain from working from home (PSA);<\/li><li>Last but not least: a specific policy with risk-reducing measures for employees with a vulnerable health;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>If your organization has a <strong>preventive officer<\/strong>, it makes sense to develop this policy in consultation with him\/her. <\/p>\n\n<p>Parts of this 1.5 meter policy will, in our estimation, <strong>require approval <\/strong> (art. 27 paragraph 1 sub d. WOR &#8220;<em>a regulation in the field of working conditions, absenteeism, or reintegration policy<\/em>&#8220;), and if software is chosen that can monitor employees at home; an assessment must be made before its implementation regarding the <strong>GDPR<\/strong> and this will also be <strong>approval-required<\/strong> within the meaning of art. 27 paragraph 1 sub l WOR &#8220;<em>a regulation concerning provisions aimed at or suitable for observation or control of the presence, behavior or performance of persons working in the company<\/em>.&#8221; Consultation with the Works Council is required.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Author: Femke Luijkx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers in the Netherlands face the challenging task in April\/May 2020 of developing policies for the period during which the current Corona measures are relaxed. 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