Measures implemented by employers due to pandemic and data protection

In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, employers have implemented various kinds of measures. Those include employee temperature checks, temperature checks of individuals entering an employer’s premises, questionnaires for employees who are present at work on their travel history and occurrence of COVID-19 in their families, as well as the signing of declarations about not showing any symptoms of the disease.

Not only the provisions of regulations governing the role of employers in relation to the protection of safety and health at work, regulations of public health authorities, but also the protection of employees’ privacy play a role in the application of such measures.

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