Factsheet for measure
AT-2020-12/552
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Updated
– measures in Austria
Self-isolation Vienna Energy
Selbstisolierung Wien Energie
Background information
In order to ensure the power supply despite the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the energy provider Wien Energie uses isolation stations. 53 employees of Wien Energie volunteered to isolate themselves at company locations. They are spending several weeks there to prevent infection. All workers are medically tested before isolation.
These employees are to move in when no one else can. The tasks range from system control to maintenance and minor repairs. At the same time, operations at the locations continue as normal.
Content of measure
To make this isolation possible, residential containers were set up at power plants and waste incineration plants. In addition, provisional power plant controls were set up or conference rooms converted into dormitories, as Wien Energie wrote in the company blog. There is also a supply of food. In addition, they offer occupational psychological support.
Shift plans were adjusted according to emergency plans in the areas critical for the supply (e.g. power plants, waste incineration plants, control centers and waiting rooms). No workers who are not required for operations are allowed on the factory premises. As far as possible, work for other employees is to be provided in the home office. Precautions have been taken for possible quarantine cases. Certain areas of the plant, such as crane systems in the waste incineration plants, could be operated in part automatically.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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04 January 2022
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Due to the significantly more contagious virus mutation Omicron which has become the predominant virus type in Austria in late 2021/early 2022, the municipal energy provider Wien Energie is once again isolating 50 employees in order to be able to maintain power supply even in the event of very high numbers of infections and/or quarantines of essential workers. The employees have volunteered and went into self-isolation at the beginning of January 2022. They are being PCR-tested daily for ten days and will remain working in isolation for four weeks.
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Use of measure
So far, 53 employees of Wien Energie have themselves isolated at company grounds.
Contents
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Company / Companies
Public support service providers
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No special funding required
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: Company level
Involvement
Company initiative.
Views and reactions
No views/reactions.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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D - Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply
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D35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
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This case is not occupation-specific.
Sources
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20 March 2020: Wien Energie isolates employees to ensure electricity supply
(futurezone.at)
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21 March 2020: Isolation during Corona - Cut off from the Outside World Isolation during Corona – Cut off from the Outside World Isolation during Corona – Cut off from the Outside World
(blog.wienenergie.at)
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17 April 2020: End of isolation Vienna Energy
(industriemagazin.at)
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04 January 2022: Wien Energie isolates supply-critical employees
(www.wienerzeitung.at)
