Whether you believe that we are at the “end of the beginning”, the “beginning of the end”, or some place else in the evolving pandemic’s impact on the workplace, as employers, our current challenge is maintaining as safe a workplace as possible. This involves three major sets of tasks.  Phase I is redesign of the workspace, including expanding personal space, establishing new safety and hygiene rules, training the workforce in the principles of infection control, and in some cases even making required engineering upgrades to the office space.  Phase II is redesign of the workforce, and involves assessing risks to our employee population and arriving at ADA-based reasonable accommodations vis-a-vis work-from-home status, scheduling and shift management, i.e., “who works where?”.  Phase III involves the daily steps employers will take to continuously screen workers coming in to a communal workspace, in the most effective, and least invasive way possible.

With the maxim “failing to prepare is preparing to fail” at top of mind, we know that even as we continue to dedicate tactical effort to address today’s business exigencies, we must simultaneously devote strategic thought to the future changes needed to ensure an optimized recovery plan. Learn how your organizations can address the new best practices for decision-making, implementation and utilization of HCM technology for ongoing COVID safety compliance.

See how Ascentis has adapted with the times with our new CarePoint temperature checking technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNb7bmPLGY