COVID-19: Workforce

Your workforce challenges

With over one million people in Belgium on temporary unemployment and the mobile workforce grounded, the workforce challenges facing organisations are unprecedented.

The current medical, social, humanitarian and economic crisis is sending shock waves across the globe. Organisations are struggling to adapt to sudden and profound changes and every corner of their business is affected. The workforce is deeply disrupted, forcing companies to work differently almost overnight. Major consequences include mass temporary unemployment and global mobility grinding to a halt.  

Preparing your workforce for the new normal

Organisations have a responsibility to plan a staged recovery from the pandemic to help reduce the health and financial risks of future scenarios, including a second infection wave, a steep economic downturn and permanent changes to employee and consumer behaviours. While many information sources and recommendations have been made available by public institutions, rather than offering clarity, they’re leading to uncertainty and doubt for businesses.

The nexus of reopening your business, while securing the safety of your workforce and clients, can be solved by bringing together risk and internal control specialists with EHS specialists and facility managers.

• write management protocols and policies with regards to local travel, personal protective equipment (masks, sanitisers, etc.), etc.

• provide internal control frameworks specific to reopening of workplaces 

• redesign your physical access controls