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COVID-Safe Back to Work
As most of the Indian workforce gets ready to go back to work from
offices, managements need to have a plan in place to stop the spread of
Coronavirus. Employers can use this handy guide by COWIN to strategize their return-to-work
policies-
Mandate basic Covid-19 Workforce measures
The first step to
implementing the basic preventions is to educate your employees more about the
risks and impact of the spread of Covid-19. Support them in practicing good
hygiene by providing the employees, clients and visitors, easy access to
handwashing areas and hand sanitizers.
Administer policies for practicing mandatory social distancing and carry out
regular cleaning and sanitization of the office spaces.
Implement protective controls in office
Make sure to increase ventilation at the workplace - you can install air
filters and opt for having room air conditioners. Establish policies to limit
the number of employees and visitors in the workplace - let employees who can
work from home continue that and let others come in shifts to reduce crowding
inside the office. Rearrange your office space to maintain proper social
distancing norms easily, and set up barriers/partitions between cubes/desks.
Provide your employees with all the personal protective equipment like masks
and gloves, along with educating them on protection against the virus and
office policies to combat it.
Identification & isolation of susceptible virus
carriers
Do daily health screenings like body temperature and oxygen levels before
entering the workplace. Encourage employees and other staff to self-monitor
themselves for signs and symptoms of Covid-19 on a daily basis. Make them aware
about all the benefit policies and procedures for employees experiencing
symptoms of Covid-19 or actually contracting the disease.
Use Antibody Testing for mass screening
Antibody/Anti-SARS COV-2 tests for Covid-19 also called Serology Test, is
done to check if the immune system has been exposed to Coronavirus infection
recently. It is a blood sample test to investigate antibodies in the immune
system developed to fight SARS-CoV-2. In case the test shows the presence of
antibodies, it means the person was infected in the recent past with Covid-19.
The results are quick, can be done in a day without a doctor's prescription.
Only an Aadhar Card or a letter from HR is enough for getting the test done.
Read more about Antibody Testing for Corporates here.