The PCBU will:
- Assign a Pandemic Manager
- Require all staff experiencing two or more symptoms of influenza to register their condition with the Pandemic Manager, advise their own manager and go home
- Require all staff living with, or who have had close contact with, people with influenza to register their situation with the Pandemic Manager, advise their own manager and then go home
- Require all people who go home because of any of the above reasons to stay at home until they are cleared to return, or they and close contacts have recovered
The Pandemic Manager will:
- Coordinate activities around event control and be a main point of contact for all staff
- Form a Communications Team
- Implement staff management and reporting procedures to track staff who have gone home
- Ensure staff have access to materials and PPE that have been identified previously as preventatives to the spread of disease within their areas of work
The Senior Management Team will:
- Determine what other actions will be taken dependent on the information provided by the Pandemic Manager and team leaders
- Advise the Pandemic Manager and management team of any decisions which impact on staff, contractors, visitors etc.
- Consider the suitability of a working from home situation for staff
- Activate travel restrictions for all staff
- Create and manage team rosters/bubbles for those staff required to come to work by:
- Setting up the teams and establishing the team leaders
- Having systems set up to limit interactions between other group bubbles at changeover
- Arranging for team leader meetings prior to the teams beginning work
- Ensure there are regular scheduled meetings with this group throughout the pandemic, for feedback on progress, issues etc.
The Communications Team will:
- Update the intranet and website with current situation information as it changes
- Prepare and distribute any other form of communication deemed necessary