BACK TO WORK PRODUCTS & SERVICES
With two-fi fths of British workers now travelling to work, according to ONS offi cial fi gures and the list of countries where you can and can’t travel updated, it is time to review what is available to make life easier and safer as the UK emerges from lockdown. Fiona Murchie highlights the support available.
T
he government has provided extensive guidelines for returning to work but what do they mean for employers
and relocation professionals managing domestic relocations, project moves and international assignments? As more businesses begin to bring
people back to the workplace Rachel Suff, senior policy adviser at the CIPD, reminded employers that people’s health and safety needed to be “first and foremost” because the coronavirus risk remained. Working from home was “still by far the safer and preferred option”, she said, and employers needed to consider if it was essential for people to return.
PREPARING YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR RE-OPENING AND BUSINESS TRAVEL Healix International’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Adrian Hyzler reported at the end of June on six months of Covid-19 which has affected 213 countries and territories worldwide. There have been over 10 million confirmed cases and over half a million confirmed deaths with the
actual numbers believed to be much higher. Healix International’s report Six months of COVID-19: What do we know about the disease? is a valuable resource for those managing international assignees and business travellers. In addition the British firm, which has
its international headquarters in Surrey, has launched a new online risk assessment tool. The new platform called ‘COVID Travel Safe’, will assist organisations to re-start essential business travel during the pandemic and evaluate the medical and logistical risks associated with individual travellers and their unique travel plans. Mike Webb, CEO says, “Businesses
cannot operate via virtual conference tools forever. Business critical travel needs to resume, and for many, that needs to happen now. However, employee expectations and legislation have drastically changed in the wake of COVID-19. Organisations across every industry are faced with the difficulty of demonstrating their duty of care obligations to their employees in an incredibly complex operating environment, particularly when it comes to weighing up the risks of international travel.
“COVID-19 has turned the entire
concept of travel risk on its head. For the first time in a generation, risk is highest in parts of the world that have historically been considered the safest, and these countries account for more than 90% of global business travel. Logistical and operational restrictions across the world are changing by the day. Information related to COVID-19 and necessary measures to reduce transmission remains vast, ambiguous, highly complex and often
“BUSINESSES CANNOT OPERATE VIA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TOOLS FOREVER. BUSINESS CRITICAL TRAVEL NEEDS TO RESUME” MIKE WEBB, CEO, HEALIX
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