Countdown has installed temperature checking for workers at distribution centres, its e-store, and its meat and seafood plant, who will be sent home if the reading is high. If they are deemed to be sick by a medical practitioner then they would go on to sick leave or other leave entitlements." Hannifin said staying away from work and visiting a doctor when a person had a high temperature was best practice" during the current outbreak. "Generally, it's very rare that companies actually send people home because they're sick. Usually, those sick leave situations are used because workers are calling in unable to work," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 30, 2020 21:45 UTC