Updated: 30.10.202009:39
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If an employee falls ill with Covid-19, precautionary measures must be taken in the company. But can the boss say who exactly was infected with the corona virus?
The corona pandemic * challenges everyone – both employees and employers. If an employee is suspected of having a Covid-19 infection, they should be sent home immediately, advises the German statutory accident insurance (DGUV). If the diagnosis is then confirmed, you must Identified contact persons, Operating rooms are well ventilated and work surfaces such as desks, keyboards or telephones are thoroughly cleaned or disinfected. The sick employee himself has to be quarantined at home for 14 days. You can find out here whether he will also receive a sick leave.
But with all due caution: may the line manager tell other colleagues or even the entire company which employee is sick with COVID-19?
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Corona: Sick employees should never be named by name
According to Stefan Brink, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg, every supervisor should consider carefully. Contact persons – such as colleagues who sit together in the same office – would have to be found, informed and possibly isolated. But “exposed” Covid-19 patients run the risk of being stigmatized in the long term. Therefore, bosses should avoid giving the name of the sick employee or contact the health authorities for assistance.
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An exception allows Covid-19 patients to be exposed
But there is one exception: “If colleagues could only be protected by naming them“A naming is permitted, quotes the legal portal e-recht24.de the data protection experts (as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen central editorial network.
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