The University Council, on the advice of Senior Management Team, has agreed to a University lockdown for all SPU staff, from Tuesday, 24 March 2020 to Tuesday, 14 April 2020, under the following conditions:
- Employees are required to self-isolate for the period of the lockdown.
- Access to the University campuses is limited and at your own risk. Staff must notify Campus Security and their Line Managers before coming onto campus.
- All academic and administrative staff will be required to work remotely. Deliverables should be confirmed with Line Managers.
- ICT support will be available through remote platforms that will be communicated in due course.
- All internal and external meetings are cancelled until further notice.
- A skeletal staff in the area of Maintenance will be on duty for the duration of the lockdown.
- Employees to follow normal procedures for the application of Annual Leave – where applicable.
- Plans to continue the infrastructure project is being managed by the Chief Operating Officer.
- Any member of the SPU community has the responsibility to report, to their Line Manager, their exposure to an infected person or a suspected infected person or who are themselves infected.
- Anyone who has travelled nationally and internationally to infectious hotspots must ensure that the necessary health precautions have been taken to ensure their health and that of others.
- Employees to communicate directly with their own Medical Aid Provider should they need to be tested for COVID-19.
