{"id":11909,"date":"2020-06-14T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=11909"},"modified":"2020-06-15T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T11:18:30","slug":"11-practical-tips-for-employees-back-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/11-practical-tips-for-employees-back-in-office\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Practical Tips For Employees Back In Office"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Britain\u2019s beaches and parks may be filling up as the lockdown eases – but getting workers back into the office is still a significant challenge for many employers.<\/p>\n
Businesses across the country are debating when is the right time to ask staff to return to the workspace, and what should be done in the meantime to make the prospect more palatable.<\/p>\n
What many are realising is that following government guidelines can only take you so far. The real conundrum is how to address the anxieties of employees and give them confidence that coming back to work will be safe.<\/p>\n
Bringing back employees on a rota system, so that not all are in the workspace at the same time, is proving popular with many businesses, gently easing employees into a new way of working.<\/p>\n
Others are taking out desks to create space, removing hot desks<\/a> and introducing sanitiser stations to give staff a sense of security.<\/p>\n Whether the pandemic will lead to permanent changes in the office environment, and even in workplace design, as health and cleanliness takes a higher priority, is already being debated.<\/p>\n However, the key for now is to make immediate changes which will entice people back to work.<\/p>\n 1 Install new building signage<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 floor markings, social distancing signs and posters about washing hands can all give employees a sense of reassurance that something has changed.<\/p>\n 2 Install hygiene screens<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 by creating a barrier between workstations, designed to catch germs and prevent them spreading, employees can return to work with greater confidence.<\/p>\n 3 Look at space plans to reduce hotdesking and increase fixed positions<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 despite spending the last ten years persuading employees to embrace hotdesking, many companies are having to backtrack. Employees will not want to sit at a desk that has been used by other people during the day.<\/p>\n 4 Reduce the canteen and welfare facilities where crowding could take place<\/strong>\u00a0\u00ad\u00ad\u2013 bowls of fruit in communal areas and staff buffets are going to have to go<\/a>. Anywhere where there could be a high volume of people in one place is going to make employees fearful.<\/p>\n 5 Encourage people to use stairs rather than lifts and escalators if they can<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 these are areas where overcrowding could occur. Encourage staff to leave the lifts for those who really need them – and lower the number of people they can carry at one time.<\/p>\n 6 Introduce hand sanitiser stations<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 these should be installed not only in foyers and entrance halls but across the office.<\/p>\nSo thus we’ve narrowed down 11 Essential Tips for employees once they return to office:<\/strong><\/h2>\n