Below is a list of Return To Work guidelines that we believe could help your employees return to work smoothly and effectively.
Prepare your office space:
- Clean all surfaces with products approved from CDC
- Comply with your facilities requirement policies
- Regularly clean commonly touched surfaces including, conference rooms, breakrooms, and restrooms
- Consider plexiglass dividers to protect employees from close human interaction
- Remove any food or beverages that are shared and offer single-serve items
- Supply hand sanitizer and disinfect wipes near each work area
- Limit high touch tools to one person like remotes and whiteboard markers
- Mandate clean desk policy
- Reconfigure social areas and conference rooms to allow for better social distancing, including removing chairs or tables
- Post signs and new policies where appropriate
- Disable touchscreens
Prepare your employees:
- Reduce anxiety of returning to work by clearly communicating policies associated with cleaning, social distancing and illness
- Remind employees of the benefits of returning to work
- Productivity with proximity to coworkers, socialization, and work tools/resources
- Communicate how you want employees to return to work
- Employees could alternate days/weeks in the office and WFH to help create more space between workstations and make social distancing easier
- Ensure employees feel comfortable about giving feedback about current policies and suggestions on what could be better
- Communicate guest and visitor policies and employee travel policies
- Mandate staying at home with feeling ill
- Determine the best communication medium to keep all employees informed
- Provide employees with available mental health resources
Create a social distancing plan:
- Keep six feet apart
- Consider conducting regular temperature screenings
- Limit numbers of people using common spaces
- Redesign seating arrangements to allow for at least 6 feet of space between workstations
- Limit small rooms to one person at a time
- Place arrows to guide the circulation path for high traffic areas
- Limit in person meetings
- Ensure all leadership agrees and enforces new policies
- Wear masks and gloves where appropriate
- Consider revising your policies to allow for flexible work arrangements and self-quarantine guidance
- Encourage employees to wash their hands often for at least 20 seconds
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth