Is COVID considered a work risk for the company? What is the impact for my company, if a worker gets sick?

At the beginning of the pandemic, the authority restricted the operation of companies only to essential lines. Subsequently, various lines of business have been allowed to continue with their operations, increasing this the possibility of contagion of Covid-19 in the work centers.  It is important to know in which cases the authority is considering it as a Work Risk with repercussions for the company.

Topics

• What is the international criterion on the subject?
• Is COVID-19 an occupational disease?
• If a worker is found to have COVID, I will be classified as a work hazard?
• Does it apply to all companies that have cases of COVID contagion?
• Does it also apply to Teleworkers?

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