Global labour agency wants employers to shield workersEmployers should consider the novel Covid-19 an occupational disease for their workers, the International Labour Organisation has recommended. Implications include requiring employers to provide sufficient coverage to protect workers from exposure through preventive measures. As such, workers should be appropriately covered against the pandemic, and should be compensated if they get infected or die. “Covid-19 and post-traumatic stress disorder, if contracted through occupational exposure, could be considered as occupational diseases,” said ILO. “Covid-19 must be classified as an occupational disease owing to the fact that most workers would be exposed along their lines of duty,” Mr Atwoli said.

Source: Standard Digital April 08, 2020 21:00 UTC