A South Australian worker has hit out at her employer, claiming she is being “forced” to do something uncomfortable post-lockdown.
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn tackle your legal rights when it comes to returning to work post-lockdown.I work in an office and have been working from home since March. My employer has recently said that they want my team to come back to the office in late July but we will also need to be tested for COVID-19 before we can come back.
Depending on the industry you are working in, requiring anything other than a medical certificate of this nature in circumstances where you have been unwell or exposed to the virus would likely be unlawful. For mandatory temperature testing to be considered lawful, it would need to be as a precondition to entering the workplace.
Your temperature is “sensitive information” under the Privacy Act which imposes a range of different obligations on your employer to collect, record and store the information in a certain way.
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