As stay-at-home limitations continue to be lifted, something that is at the top of organizations’ minds is how to restructure their workplace so their employees will be safe.
Did you know that 51% of knowledge industry corporations have not announced a return to work plan according to a national SHRM survey? However, your workspace needs to be reimagined, and we conducted a survey about the changes employees want to see. Glean insights from our survey findings here.
Our CEO Melissa St. John recently hosted a webinar with NAWBO-Indianapolis chatting about how to make a few workspace adjustments to help during this time. Here are her top tips for what you can do NOW to make a difference:
- Communicate your post-global-pandemic plan to your team before they return to work!
- Evaluate your current workspace to ensure six feet of physical distancing. This means that cubes may need to be rotated or removed.
- Add stackers to existing low panels to have a minimum height of 50 inches (from floor to the top of the panel) for seated privacy.
- Stagger staff to come in on alternating days to lower the density.
- Tape floor for isle ways to ensure traffic pattern all goes the same way.
- Tape off every other seat or remove them in conference rooms and break rooms to limit seating.
- Place signs outside elevators/stairwells/restrooms to limit the number of staff.
- Designate a staff person to clean common surfaces daily.
- Remove soft seating such as sofas and or put tape over them to discourage use.
- Wear a mask if not in workspace.