BY KNOWLEDGE LEADER EDITOR | 22 APRIL 2020
Companies are turning their attention to how their employees will return to the workplace after abruptly being made to work from home. COVID-19 initially created challenges as the global workforce quickly pivoted to working remotely. While there will be long-term impacts to the future of workplace, our focus is now turning to the immediate concern: How will we all return to the workplace? The date of the return is still uncertain. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said, “returning to work will be gradual, phased-in and will vary by factors such as location, sector, business type or size, and the health status of workers. It also will require continued social distancing, expanded use of personal protective equipment, and other counter-measures.” Employers are asking questions about the changes they need to make to ensure that the post-pandemic workplace is safe, functional and most importantly, builds trust with their employees. Questions like:
How will our recent experience with working from home impact the post-COVID workplace?
What hygiene and cleaning practices need to be put in place to maintain the health and safety of employees?
What physical changes do we need to make to our space?
What new behaviors do we need to encourage?
What are the best practices others are doing to make their workplaces safe?
How do we build trust with our employees and assure them that our workplaces are safe?
Through extensive research and discussions with our clients around the world, we have divided the actions that space occupiers will need to take to ready their workplaces for their employees’ return into five categories. The following recommendations represent the current thinking on best practices and immediate actions to be considered. Longer term actions will be explored in a later blog piece, but these actions will not jeopardize longer terms investments. Click Here to Continue Reading on Knowledge Leader
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