work from home, and telecommuting can truly enhance productivity, happiness, reduce employee attrition, and decrease the businesses’ overall operating costs. There will bepros and cons while working from homebut as a leader you need to optimize the policy. ...
For example, someone might not be able to take inventory at home, but a digital marketing specialist can do their job at home. Working from home works for some jobs, but not for others. As the COVID-19 crisis evolves, these policies can also evolve to provide guidelines for returning to...
Employees working remotely must adhere to all company cybersecurity policies and procedures. This includes using strong passwords, avoiding unauthorized access to company data, and immediately reporting suspicious activity to the IT department. Employees are prohibited from using company equipment for person...
Despite the growing popularity of the work-from-home culture, very few businesses have formal documents and policies in place to manage as well as control the process. In fact, studies have shown that more than 57% of employers with remote staff do not have a policy in place. However, wit...
Contingency plans should be implemented on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with public health guidelines. Still, the massive, overnight trend toward work-from-home policies begs the question: Should employers send their teams home?
Work from home policies are changing now. If your company had one at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, you may wish to revise them now that many organizations have spent several months as a majorly or completely WFH company. Major events such as new positions that have been created ...
Facebook CEOMark Zuckerbergunveiled thenew changesto his company's 48,000 full-time employees in a livestream andblog poston May 21. He also acknowledged that there would be "a lot of nuances" in how the policies would work in practice. ...
If you want your work-from-home policy to work, get very clear about both individual and team goals. Figure out what things the team must be together to work on, and what things will be optimized by individuals working from home. Establish clear desired outcomes, schedules, and priorities ...
Surveillance is rising because work-from-home policies mean that employers are keen to keep tabs on their remote workforce. Before the pandemic, around one in ten of the large businesses asked by Gartner, a research firm, had spying software. Within three years it expects the share to reach...
During two years of predominantly working from home, employees and managers alike formed expectations about what post-pandemic working life should look like. Many companies are experimenting with new work policies that balance employee- and manager expectations regarding where, when and how work should...