Office Reservation System for Employers and Employees for Return to Work post-COVID-19
DeskFlex Office Reservation System helps in ensuring safe office environments. Employers can ensure the safety of their organization with the advantage of software technology that quickly adapts to the COVID crisis and provides office space management software solutions.
If you are among the millions of employed people returning to the office or preparing to do so after months of lockdown, you may be worried it will put your family at risk of exposure to the Coronavirus.
The dilemma may be lingering among the millions of Americans that experienced a tremendous reduction in their unemployment insurance benefits last July due to the expiration of the government subsidy of US$600 per week.
Transitioning Back to Work
Going back to the physical workplace comes with perceived perils and new kinds of pressures. Company managers may redesign office spaces, and workers may find a new office set up, practice the use of office reservation system, and come into work on alternate days using the desk scheduling system.
The crisis has altered the way employees work. Employers noticed increased productivity in some cases, perhaps due to how workers' view on employment has changed because of the pandemic.
Safety Measures in the Office
Not everyone will be thrilled to go back to the office to work, but most working Americans have no luxury of choice because they need a source of income. Aside from the COVID preventive measures in place, one of the essential safety measures that employers need to do is providing paid sick leave to their employees; it is also an ethical imperative to do so. Failure to provide sick leave, especially if the company can afford it, will put their employees, families, and communities at risk.
At some point, employees will want to get back to the closest normal they can experience with having interactions with colleagues, and conversing with people face to face.
Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC recommends that everyone should wear face masks or coverings at all times, especially when around people who have unsure travel history and exposure. It also discourages public transportation and carpools.
When it comes to disease control and prevention in the workplace, the CDC recommends desk spacing at 2 meters apart, thermal scanning and mask detection system, symptom checker, and common areas in the office such as the pantry, cafeteria, and snack areas.
Advantages of Office Reservation Technology
A recent survey of 511 epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists revealed that even the health experts, themselves, feel anxious about returning to their workplaces, or getting back to the usual things they do like getting a haircut and traveling out of town.
Some people thrive working at home while others can be at their best productive selves when in the office. But experts all agree that working in a shared indoor space is the most dangerous thing to do during the pandemic.
DeskFlex Office Booking Software technology adapted the concerns of office safety and upgraded its desk and meeting room booking system to prevent the onset of infection in the workplace. It allows users to schedule their time working in the office and on what specific workstation. When the desk reservation ends, the system automatically alerts the sanitation team to disinfect the office space before allowing other users to book the space.
DeskFlex office desk booking system also has Contact Tracing features that collaborates with Bluetooth beacons that allow employees to make office space reservation, check-in, and check out. The Bluetooth beacons regularly transmit signals from the employees' mobile devices to track the places visited in the office.
DeskFlex hot desking software solutions allow employees to have flexible work arrangements so that company managers can optimize their office spaces and resources post COVID-19 era.