VIC business restrictions and operating requirements: what you need to know

Following the announcement of enhanced coronavirus restrictions in Victoria, including new ways of working for businesses, the Victorian Government has provided new resources to help businesses understand their obligations and, if allowed to operate, how to do so compliantly.

In short:

• From 11:59pm on 5 August business restrictions apply.  Services and industries that are able to remain operational will be required to have a COVID Safe Plan.
• From 11:59pm on 5 August, employers that require their staff to attend a work site must issue a worker permit to their employees – this is the employer’s responsibility.
• From 11:59pm on 5 August, stage 3 restrictions apply throughout regional Victoria.
• Stage 4 restrictions are in place across metropolitan Melbourne.
• Use of face coverings is mandatory throughout Victoria.

Creating a COVID safe workplace

The Victorian Government guide to creating a COVID Safe Plan to protect your workers, customers and visitors and to prepare for a suspected or confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in your workplace.

Stage 4 business restrictions: a guide to open and closed workplaces

This table outlines examples of workplaces that are closed for on-site work, open for on-site work with a COVID Safe Plan, and where there are restricted operations or industry specific obligations.

Permitted Work Permit

From 11.59pm on 5 August, employers that need their staff to attend a work site must issue a worker permit to their employees – this is the employer’s responsibility.