Victoria - COVID Safe Plan

Under Stage Four Restrictions all Businesses with five or more employees that continue to operate from a workplace, worksite or on the road (to any extent) must have a COVID Safe Plan in place from 11:59pm tonight.

Moreover there are heightened obligations and a requirement for a High Risk COVID Safe Plan to be in place for businesses operating in the "high risk" industries identified, which include:

Construction

Warehousing

Distribution Centres

Meat Processing

Cold Storage

Aged Care

When a business is placed into Administration or Liquidation, the External Administrator makes a decision as to whether to trade on the business or close it down. For all Businesses that are required to have a COVID Safe Plan to trade/operate, this requirement to be able to trade will remain after an External Administrator is appointed.

Furthermore it is likely that once restrictions ease businesses currently closed that can reopen will also be required to have a COVID Safe Plan.