The following obligations of JAMU and its employees result from an extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health.
Obligations of JAMU
JAMU is required to ensure that all its employees are regularly tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen by means of a rapid antigen test (RAT). JAMU will fulfil this obligation by testing its employees at the workplace every Monday.
Obligations of the employees
At the request of JAMU, all JAMU employees are instructed to undergo an RAT to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen at a specified frequency. If an employee is not present at the JAMU workplace on the testing day, his or her preventive testing will be performed on the day of his or her arrival at the workplace. Exceptions to this obligation are granted to persons who can prove, by uploading an appropriate document to the IS JAMU, that they:
- are vaccinated against COVID-19 and at least 14 days have elapsed since the completed vaccination according to the Summary of Product Characteristics;
- have undergone laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 disease, the ordered isolation period has elapsed and no more than 180 days have elapsed since the first positive RAT or RT-PCR test;
- underwent a negative RT-PCR in the last 7 days;
- underwent an RAT performed by a healthcare professional in the last 7 days with negative results.
Consequences of rejecting an RAT
If an employee refuses to undergo an RAT:
- JAMU is obliged to report this fact to the locally competent public health authority without undue delay.
- such an employee is obliged to
- wear an FFP2 or better face mask without an exhalation valve for the entire time he or she is present at the workplace;
- maintain a distance of at least 1.5 m from other persons; and
- eat separately from other persons; the obligation to wear a face mask does not apply during when consuming food.
- JAMU is obliged to take organisational measures to limit the contact of this employee with other persons to the necessary extent.
Records of performed tests
JAMU is ordered to keep records of the tests performed for control purposes, keeping data on the testing date and the names of the persons who underwent the test on that date. The person at the head of the component shall designate a person who will issue the RATs and keep records of the tests performed to the specified extent in the IS JAMU.
Procedure in case of a positive result
Employees with a positive test result are required to
- immediately inform the secretary of their faculty or a head of their component;
- leave the workplace; and
- without delay inform of the test result their record-keeping provider of health service in the field of general medicine and, if this is not possible, contact another health service provider or the public health authority competent according to the place of work to determine the next step.
The period from a finding out about a positive test result to receiving the result of a confirmatory examination, during which no work is performed, is an obstacle to work on the part of the employer in accordance with Section 208 of the Labour Code, for as long as it is not another substantial obstacle.
JAMU is obliged to ensure the first fulfilment of the above obligations no later than 29 November 2021.