IMPORTANT NOTICE: The updated COVID -19 Temporary Employee / Employer Relief Scheme(C19 TERS) Direction, 08 April 2021 is now available. This direction requires that workplaces submit their COVID-19 data to the NIOH in the manner set out in the National Department of Health Guidelines.

To submit data to NIOH, you need to first register on the Occupational Health Surveillance System prior to the submission of data. More information and queries can be sent to OHSworkplace@nioh.ac.za

Click here to access to  OHSS Business Portal.
Click here to view the updatd Workplace Data Submission Guideline, (12 November 2021 V6)
Click here to view the amended Department of Employment and Labour directive (11th June 2021)
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Slide AMENDMENT: Consolidated Direction on Occupational Health and Safety measures in Certain Workplaces, 11 June 2021 Slide UPDATE: Guidelines for symptom monitoring and management of workers for SARS-CoV-2 infection (V7) Slide UPDATE: Cleaning & Decontamination of Workplaces in the Context of Covid-19 (V2: 10.08.21) Slide NEW: Guidelines for ventilation to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Version 1: 15 August 2021)

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT   – Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 

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DIRECTIVES ON OHS & COID – Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL)

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NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NDoH) OH WORK-STREAM GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

                            – Anexure A: Classification of risk based on exposure and district positivity rates

                            – Annexure B: List of vulnerable employees

NDoH OH WORK-STREAM – TOOLS AND TEMPLATES

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OFFICIAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS FROM GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY BODIES

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NIOH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESOURCES

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COIDA FORMS

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NATIONAL REGULATIONS

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PRESENTATIONS AND VIDEO LINKS

For more Regulations & Guidelines- Coronavirus Covid-19 Click here >>

Please note*
The interim guidelines are based on what is currently known about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The National Institute for Occupational Health will update these interim guidelines as needed and as additional information becomes available.