Where practicable, you should work or study from home to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
While you do not have to self-isolate, you may only return to work or school after you have notified your workplace or education facility that you are a household contact or a close contact. Your employer or educational facility must approve your return to work/school and may ask you to take additional precautions to reduce the risk of transmission.
You must wear a mask when you are in an indoor setting that is not your own home, including workplaces and tertiary education settings. Please follow the guidance for schools and early childhood education settings.
Before you return to work or school it is strongly recommended that you have a COVID-19 test. This is particularly important if you work in healthcare, aged care, disability care and correctional facilities.
If you are not employed by a high-risk setting, but sometimes go to them for work (e.g. occasional contracted service provider), you should consider if it is critical before you attend, and gain permission from the facility before entering. This does not include emergency services.
Health care workers in hospital settings should refer to Managing healthcare worker exposures for additional information. Additional information is also available for health practitioners in non-hospital settings.  Workers in residential aged care and disability care settings must refer to the Advice to Residential Aged Care Facilities and Advice to Residential Disability Care Facilities respectively.