The state government has issued orders instructing organizations to issues passes only to employees and no one else, including senior citizens, pregnant women, and people having underlying medical conditions. It was also instructed that exact dates and timings should be mentioned on the COVID-19 duty passes.
Additionally, if employees live in containment clusters, passes will not be issued to them. Also, as per norms, if the house of the person falls within a three km radius of containment zone, duty pass should not be issued.
The passes are issued by organizations to employees to provide to police personnel if commuters are stopped. The pass proforma includes the name of the employee, address of the office, date, working hours, and routes. The pass is signed by the head of the department of the organization and with the official stamp of the organization.
The government has also ordered organizations to sanitize their premises and ensure that all employees follow social distancing norms. The norms rolled out by the general administration department also mandates that meetings shall only be done via video conference. Ensuring at least six feet distance from employee to employee and ensuring there are no gatherings in the cafeteria were also part of rules that need to be followed.
