Authorised Worker Public Health Order changes

Currently, under the Public Health Order which is in place until 12.01am 11 October Authorised Workers from Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Concern must not leave their LGA for work unless they have:

• had at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, or
• evidence of a medical contraindication

From 11 October the concept of Authorised Workers and mandatory vaccination for those Authorised Workers will cease. Each of the 12 LGAs will no longer be an area of concern and employees from these areas will be subject to the same restrictions that apply to the rest of Greater Sydney, in line with NSW Health advice.

You will also no longer require a permit from Service NSW or an Authorised Worker letter to travel into or out of these areas.

It is important that our people feel safe coming back to work. Since the outbreak of COVID we’ve implemented a number of COVIDSafe measures including our enhanced cleaning program, QR Codes across our sites, green dots to guide our customers on where to sit and stand, mandatory mask wearing for staff and customers and many more to support COVIDSafe workplaces. Check out the full list here.

While we already have COVIDSafe measures in place to support our customers and staff as we see more people return to the network from October 11, we are now focused on what more can be done to help protect our people with additional measures now available to us.

FAQs

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