Date March 12. 2021, the Minister of Health is based on Article 14 of the Decree on measures to prevent and control infectious diseases COVID-19 (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 151/20, 152/20, 153/20, 156/20 158/20, 1/21, 17/21, 19/21, and 22/21), at the proposal of the Crisis Staff for the Suppression of Infectious Diseases COVID- 19, issued an Order on working hours during an unfavorable epidemiological situation during infectious diseases COVID-19 “Official Gazette of RS “, no. 22 dated March 12. 2021, no. 23 from March 16. 2021, no. 25 from March 21. 2021.

The most important novelty issued by the Order to the Regulation on Measures for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 is that during working hours in all facilities that are allowed to work, a legal entity or entrepreneur must provide distance between all persons present so that it cannot be less than 9 square meters per person, while before the Order was issued, the distance between two people was only 4 square meters. In gyms/fitness centers/spa, it can stay concerning physical distance, as well as the obligation that only one person can stay on every 16 square meters.

The Order itself regulates Article 8 of the Regulation on Measures for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases COVID- 19 which refers to the performance of work during the performance of work of legal entities and entrepreneurs who perform activities in the field of retail trade and services in the field of catering, which includes the sale of beverages and food indoors and outdoors and regulating the way they can perform their activity in compliance with all preventive measures prescribed by the Regulation, which apply to users service as well as to the employees themselves.

The Order introduces restrictions for the above-mentioned legal entities and entrepreneurs who will not be able to perform their activity from March 21. 2021 until the future Decision revoking the Order of the Minister’s health.

From March 21. 2021, as long as the epidemiological situation dictates, the facilities in which they are located will not work perform activities:

Provision of services in the field of catering, which include the sale of beverages and food (restaurants, cafes, clubs, rafts …);

Providing services in closed or open shopping centers and similar facilities in which activities are performed in the field of retail trade (shopping centers…).

Also, the mentioned restrictions do not apply to the working hours of pharmacies, trade, and other shops points of sale where food products are sold, pet shops … Then, no does not apply to restaurants within accommodation facilities and in categorized private accommodation, where the service is provided only to persons who have registered residence, as well as to legal entities of the delivery service food.

Working hours are arranged from 06.00 to 20.00 for retail stores, craft shops, facilities from areas of sports (gyms, gym spa centers…), and from 06.00 to 21.00 facilities can work trade and other shops selling food products, pet shops, markets, cultural facilities (galleries, museums …).

The question that arises these days is, is the obligatory distance of 9 square meters related to office space and work? Is, for example, the employer in office obliged to provide physical distance between employees and in what way? If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact lawyer Ana Popović (ana.popovic@zslaw.rs, office@zslaw.rs ).

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Ministar zdravlja doneo Naredbu o radnom vremenu za vreme epidemiološke situacije

Dana 12.03.2021. godine, Ministar zdravlja je na osnovu člana 14. Uredbe o merama za sprečavanje i suzbijanje zarazne bolesti COVID-19 („Službeni glasnik RS”, br. 151/20, 152/20, 153/20, 156/20, 158/20, 1/21, 17/21, 19/21 i 22/21), na predlog Kriznog štaba za suzbijanje zarazne bolesti COVID-19, doneo Naredbu o radnom vremenu za vreme nepovoljne epidemiološke situacije tokom trajanja zarazne bolesti COVID-19 “Službeni glasnik RS”, br. 22 od 12.03.2021 godine, br. 23 od 16.03.2021. godine, br. 25 od 21.03.2021. godine.

Možda i najbitnija novina koju donosi Naredba u odnosu Uredbu o merama za sprečavanje i suzbijanje zarazne bolesti COVID-19 je ta da u toku radnog vremena u svim objektima kojima je dozvoljen rad, pravno lice ili preduzetnik mora obezbediti rastojanje između svih prisutnih lica, tako da ono ne može da bude manje od 9 metara kvadratnih po osobi, dok je u pre donošenja Naredbe, rastojanje između dve osobe bilo tek 4 metra kvadratna. U teretanama/ fitnes centrima/spa dozvoljen je boravak uz poštovanje fizičke distance, kao i obaveze da na svakih 16 metara kvadratnih može boraviti samo jedno lice.

Sama Naredba reguliše dodatno član 8. Uredbe o merama za sprečavanje i suzbijanje zarazne bolesti COVID-19 koji se odnosi na obavljanje rada pravnih lica i preduzetnika koji obavljaju delatnost u oblasti trgovine na malo i usluge u oblasti ugostiteljstva, a što obuhvata prodaju pića i hrane u zatvorenom i otvorenom prostoru, te regulisanje načina na koji mogu da obavljaju svoju delatnost uz poštovanje svih preventivnih mera propisanih Uredbom, koje se primenjuju na korisnike usluga kao i na same zaposlene.

Naredbom se uvode ograničenja za gorenavedena pravna lica i preduzetnike koji neće moći da obavljaju svoju delatnost od 21.03.2021. godine do buduće Odluke kojom se ukida Naredba Ministra zdravlja.

Od 21.03.2021. godine, dok god to nalaže epidemiološka situacija, neće raditi objekti u kojima se obavljaju delatnosti:

• Pružanje usluga u oblasti ugostiteljstva, koje obuhvataju prodaju pića i hrane (restorani, kafići, klubovi, splavovi…);

• Pružanje usluga u zatvorenim ili otvorenim trgovinskim centrima i sličnm objektima u kojima se obavlja delatnost u oblasti trgovine na malo (tržni centri…).

Takođe pomenuta ograničenja se ne odnose na radno vreme apoteka, trgovinskih i drugih radnji i prodajnih mesta na kojima se vrši prodaja prehrambenih proizvoda, pet shopovima. Takođe, ne odnosi se ni na restorane u sklopu smeštajnih objekata i u kategorizovanom privatnom smeštaju, gde se usluga pruža samo licima koji imaju prijavljen boravak, kao ni na pravna lica usluge dostave hrane.

Uređeno je radno vreme od 06.00 do 20.00 časova za trgovine na malo, zanatske radnje, objekti iz oblasti sporta (teretane, vežbaonice, spa centri…), a od 06.00 do 21.00 čas mogu raditi objekti trgovinske i druge radnje na kojima se vrši prodaja prehrambenih proizvoda, pet shopovi, pijace, objekti u oblasti kulture (galerije, muzeji…)

Pitanje koje se ovih dana javlja, jeste, da li se obavezno rastojanje od 9 metara kvadratnih odnosi na kancelarijski prostor i rad? Da li je, na primer, poslodavac u poslovnim prostorijama dužan da obezbedi fizičku distancu između zaposlenih i na koji način? Ukoliko imate bilo kakvih pitanja ili su Vam potrebne dodatne informacije možete se obratiti Ani  Popović na e-mail adresu (ana.popovic@zslaw.rs ).