Covid-19 and Reducing the Stress of Home Working
employees and are beginning to look at the impact on their business and on their employees of asking them to work from home. In this blog we look at
COVID-19 update:
A message from OTS Solicitors - We have already brought online, and deployed the advanced infrastructure, processes and safeguards to allow our professionals and support teams to function fully remotely. Within our client service areas, our teams have implemented plans to ensure that our clients continue to be served without disruption. We would also like to remind our existing and new clients that we have offered a digital consultation option for several years and now in light of the Corona Virus developments we would encourage any clients seeking on-going consultations or new clients to contact our switchboard who will arrange an appointment via our online platform, skype or telephone conferencing
employees by travelling to work and employees to work from home. employeesemployees and to try to manage and reduce those risks.
employees why they do the job they do thenemployees may not have families and with social distancing and social isolation they may feel cut off.
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employees who aren’t used to home working have someone to ask for help
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employees’ hours are not time sensitive. Flexible working may help your employee cope with the adjustment to home working and the closure of schools. For example, your employee may be able to carry out work when a partner or family member is around to help look after the children or after they have gone to bed
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employees are not over workingemployees may react to the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic by not being able to concentrate or to focus on work, others may work beyond their contracted hours of Employment as a distraction from Covid 19. Whilst that
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employees may be stressing that you may still be expecting them to meet pre Covid 19 performance or sales targets
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employees are reassured that asking for help is OK employees are worried about the economy, recession and job losses many employees will be worried about
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employees who are home working
COVID-19 update:
A message from OTS Solicitors - We have already brought online, and deployed the advanced infrastructure, processes and safeguards to allow our professionals and support teams to function fully remotely. Within our client service areas, our teams have implemented plans to ensure that our clients continue to be served without disruption. We would also like to remind our existing and new clients that we have offered a digital consultation option for several years and now in light of the Corona Virus developments we would encourage any clients seeking on-going consultations or new clients to contact our switchboard who will arrange an appointment via our online platform, skype or telephone conferencing