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Coronavirus: what contingency plans are you putting in place?

Steve Bridger

We've had a discussion thread already touching on the Coronavirus (COVID-19), but things have moved on a bit and we'd like to ask members to use this space to share initiatives and plans around managing the coronavirus threat in your organisation.

Please refer to the CIPD factsheet for current guidance and also the latest information on the GOV.uk website.

The CIPD has been asked to speak on national news channels* about what businesses can be doing to manage issues affecting employees, such as flexible working, A+B teams coming into work, school closures, business travel etc.

*If you are happy to speak to the media, who are looking for real examples of businesses taking action, please let us know as we do sometimes get asked to recommend companies who could be featured. To reassure you, this is a closed thread and no-one can see it except CIPD staff and CIPD members. 

We’re well placed to help if you have any questions... and we’re interested to hear what actions you’re taking in your own organisations.

Please share below. Thanks.

UPDATE: 10th March 2020

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  • Our MD wants to do a trial run of people working from home and to limit risk of infection. We are planning to do a week of half working from home and half in the office and then swap. The issue is that not everyone has laptops, a very small number have desktops that are Macs so fairly portable but its still not ideal. Our technical team do not want employees accessing from their own home computers so this seems like the best solution. Expect it will be a pain for those having to take their computers and bring them back every other week. Are we going mad, is there a better solution such as asking for volunteers as there has been some pushback from those without laptops. And of course a health and safety issue - we can'r make them work from home if they're not set up to do so.
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  • Our MD wants to do a trial run of people working from home and to limit risk of infection. We are planning to do a week of half working from home and half in the office and then swap. The issue is that not everyone has laptops, a very small number have desktops that are Macs so fairly portable but its still not ideal. Our technical team do not want employees accessing from their own home computers so this seems like the best solution. Expect it will be a pain for those having to take their computers and bring them back every other week. Are we going mad, is there a better solution such as asking for volunteers as there has been some pushback from those without laptops. And of course a health and safety issue - we can'r make them work from home if they're not set up to do so.
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