As governments and businesses worldwide rally together to prevent the ongoing spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), companies across industries are taking action to protect their employees and customers, from stricter hygiene policies and reduced working hours to urging employees to work from home where possible. But how can those used to working in a busy retail or factory environment adjust to this unprecedented shift?
Martine Robins is Director of The HR Dept Woking & Guildford, which specialises in helping small to medium-sized businesses with a wide range of employment resources.
Here, she speaks to Cosmetics Business about what employees can do if they are concerned about Covid-19 in the workplace, how to stay motivated when working from home and why the pandemic could spark a shift in attitudes towards working from home...
Martine Robins
Do you have any stats/insight into how many companies have implemented working from home measures in the UK due to the coronavirus?
As far as I am aware, any company that can undertake working from home either full or part-time is doing so.
This is easier to apply for some business sectors/positions than others and at present, it is being advised by the Government to do so.
However, this may become
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