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New safety protocols have been put in place for many workers, for the employees that must still go to their place of business. Employees must still practice social distancing, washing their hands and using sanitizer frequently, wear mask and sometimes gloves. If you are feeling sick you are to stay home and go to get tested.

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Impact COVID-19 has had on employees working from home

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Impact COVID-19 has had on employees working from home

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Studies have been done to see what the impact has been for employees that must work from home. They learned that there was a decrease in mental well being and physical well being. Their eating habits and physical exercise habits have changed. There are also a lot more distractions for employees that must work from home.

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A lot of companies are headed for hybrid workplaces. A hybrid workplace is where employees rotate in and out of the office or shared spaces. Some employees really love the hybrid work place because it gives them an opportunity to work from home a few days out of the week and then back into the office for a few days.

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The impact of Dell's work from home policy

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The impact of Dell's work from home policy

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This is an interesting video on the impact of Dell's work from home policy.

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The impact of Dell's work from home policy | KVUE

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Affects on employees working from home with children

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Affects on employees working from home with children

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Since childcare and the education system was affected because of the pandemic, many people who worked from home also had to care for their children while working. A study was done and they found that household chores greatly affected remote workers especially when they have young ones. "For example, employees have to regularly prepare meals three times a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) for the whole family, assisting children to connect with their online distance teaching in the morning, assisting with their homework in the afternoon, and spending some quality time with them when their homework is completed. As a result, employees have to work with greater family-work conflict, which we believe negatively affects their job productivity and work engagement while impacting on stress related to the remote work pending completion, in line with the previous literature."

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Some remote workers have complained about their work and life balance being affected because they have to work remotely. Over working is actually very common for the remote worker, and that greatly affects their work and life balance.

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Research studies have been done to determine some positives  of employees working remotely. The first being productivity, "Teleworkers are an average of 35-40% more productive than their office counterparts, and have measured an output increase of at least 4.4%." Secondly, worker performance has increased, "with stronger autonomy via location independence, workers produce results with 40% fewer quality defects." Third would be employee engagement, "higher productivity and performance combine to create stronger engagement, or in other words, 41% lower absenteeism." Next employee retention has also increased, "54% of employees say they would change jobs for one that offered them more flexibility, which results in an average of 12% turnover reduction after a remote work agreement is offered." Finally profitability has also increased for companies, "organizations save an average of $11,000 per year per part-time telecommuter, or 21% higher profitability."

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1.) Farrer, Laurel. “5 Proven Benefits Of Remote Work For Companies.” Forbes, 12 Feb. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/laurelfarrer/2020/02/12/top-5-benefits-of-remote-work-for-companies/?sh=5183e26616c8.

2.) “How COVID-19 Has Changed the Standards of Worker Safety and Health — and How Organizations Can Adapt.” Executive and Continuing Professional Education, 31 Mar. 2021, www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecpe/how-covid-19-changed-worker-safety-and-health.

3.) “The Impact of Dell’s Work from Home Policy | KVUE.” YouTube, 12 Mar. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw6aaA_jkEA&t=22s.

4.) “Impacts of Working From Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Well-Being of Office Workstation Users.” PubMed Central (PMC), 1 Mar. 2021, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934324.

5.) PricewaterhouseCoopers. “Business Needs a Tighter Strategy for Remote Work.” PwC, 2021, www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/us-remote-work-survey.html.

6.) “Remote Work, Work Stress, and Work–Life during Pandemic Times: A Latin America Situation.” PubMed Central (PMC), 1 July 2021, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297005.

7.) “Work From Home During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Impact on... : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.” LWW, 2020, journals.lww.com/joem/Fulltext/2021/07000/Work_From_Home_During_the_COVID_19_Outbreak__The.16.aspx.