11. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 13, the following regulations and Part:“Requirements for specified hostels |
13A. A person operating or managing a specified hostel must take all reasonable steps to ensure all of the following:(a) | that access to shared facilities in the specified hostel is controlled in order to minimise physical interaction between individuals staying in different rooms; | (b) | that records are kept of each individual who leaves the specified hostel each day; | (c) | that the following are applied to every individual before entering or leaving the specified hostel:(i) | the body temperature of the individual is taken in order to determine whether the individual is febrile; | (ii) | the individual is examined without physical contact to visually ascertain whether the individual shows any specified symptom; |
| (d) | that any individual who is febrile or exhibiting a specified symptom —(i) | wears a surgical or other mask over the individual’s nose and mouth at all times while in the specified hostel; and | (ii) | is moved to and isolated in a room away from other individuals resident in the same specified hostel; |
| (e) | an individual who is febrile or exhibiting a specified symptom obtains medical treatment as soon as practicable after the onset of the fever or exhibition of the specified symptom; | (f) | no gatherings or events of any nature are held in the specified hostel; | (g) | except where paragraph (h) applies, that each bed provided for occupation in the specified hostel is at least one metre away from another bed provided for such occupation, whether or not they are occupied; | (h) | where a bunk bed is provided at the specified hostel, that only one level of the bunk bed is permitted for occupation and each occupied level of a bunk bed is not adjacent to an occupied level of an adjacent bunk bed; | (i) | to keep the specified hostel in a safe and sanitary condition. |
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Requirements for funeral parlours, etc. |
13B. An owner or occupier of a funeral parlour or any other premises for the time being used for a funeral wake or funeral (called in this regulation a specified place) must take all reasonable steps to ensure that —(a) | there are not more than 10 individuals in any room within the specified place at any time; and | (b) | the measures mentioned in regulation 12 are implemented in relation to the specified place. |
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PART 3A REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKERS |
13C.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Part applies only to —(a) | an employer or a principal that is an essential service provider (other than the Government or a public body); and | (b) | in relation to the permitted premises at which an essential service provider (other than the Government or a public body) is permitted to carry on its business, undertaking or work. |
(2) However, this Part does not affect —(a) | any hospital, clinic or other healthcare institution or facility for the reception, lodging, treatment or care of individuals requiring medical treatment; | (b) | any premises exempted under paragraph 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order (Cap. 354A, O 1); and | (c) | any place of residence at which the business, undertaking or work of an essential service provider is being carried out. |
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Essential service provider to implement telecommuting |
13D. Every essential service provider must —(a) | provide the facilities necessary for every essential service worker who is not on leave to work in the worker’s place of residence in Singapore; and | (b) | direct every essential service worker who is not on leave to work in the worker’s place of residence, |
unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so. |
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Safe distancing measures for essential service workers and other individuals |
13E.—(1) An essential service provider must implement the following measures in respect of every essential service worker at work at the permitted premises, or other individual at the permitted premises:(a) | as far as reasonably practicable, essential service workers are grouped and deployed to work in 2 or more groups so as to minimise physical interaction between the workers in the different groups when at work at the permitted premises; | (b) | as far as reasonably practicable, essential service workers who are required to work in the permitted premises do not all arrive at and leave the permitted premises at the same time; | (c) | any essential service worker who exhibits any specified symptom or is otherwise physically unwell is required to report, immediately upon the onset of the symptom or feeling physically unwell, to the essential service provider, either directly or indirectly through one or more other persons appointed by the essential service provider for the purpose of receiving the report; | (d) | the essential service provider takes reasonable steps to ensure that there is a distance of at least one metre between any 2 individuals in the permitted premises (other than a public place). |
(2) An essential service provider must implement the following measures in respect of any individual (not being an essential service worker) who seeks entry to the permitted premises (other than a public place):(a) | limit entry of individuals to the permitted premises only for the purpose of —(i) | procuring or delivering goods or services connected to the business, undertaking or work of the essential service provider; or | (ii) | providing any other essential service to the essential service workers at the permitted premises; |
| (b) | ensure that the individuals mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) —(i) | do not arrive at the permitted premises at the same time; | (ii) | do not remain in the permitted premises for a longer period than necessary for their duties; and | (iii) | keep a distance of at least one metre away from any other individual (whether or not also an essential service worker) at the permitted premises. |
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Prohibition of activities |
13F. An essential service provider must not hold or allow the holding of any event that involves any meeting in person between an essential service worker and any other individual, except —(a) | for any purpose critical to the essential service provider’s business or operations; or | (b) | for professional or vocational training, testing, certification or accreditation of an essential service worker. |
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Communication by essential service provider |
13G. An essential service provider must, as far as reasonably practicable —(a) | communicate to all essential service workers the arrangements, steps or other measures mentioned in regulations 13D, 13E, 13F and 13J that apply to them; and | (b) | communicate to all individuals (other than essential service workers) the measures mentioned in regulations 13E(1)(d) and (2) and 13F that apply to them. |
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Essential service worker subject to movement control measure not to go to work |
13H. An essential service provider must not require or permit an essential service worker who is subject to a movement control measure to enter the permitted premises. |
Safe distancing requirement for transport of essential service workers |
13I. An employer who is an essential service provider must ensure that the essential service workers who are transported to and from work in a mode of conveyance provided by the essential service provider are seated at least one metre apart in that mode of conveyance. |
Essential service worker and individual must comply with requirements and directions |
13J. Where —(a) | an essential service worker, or other individual on the permitted premises of an essential service provider, is required or directed by the essential service provider or owner or occupier of the permitted premises to do or refrain from doing any thing; and | (b) | that requirement or direction is given so that the essential service provider or owner or occupier complies with regulation 10, 10A, 10B, 12, 13D, 13E, 13F or 13I, as the case may be, |
the essential service worker or individual must comply with that requirement or direction as far as reasonably practicable.”. |
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[G.N. No. S 261/2020] |