Employers should take the initiative to compile reputable sources that can provide information on coronavirus (symptoms, how it spreads, prevention, etc.), as some employees may not bother to do so themselves.


2. Arm Them With The Necessary Infection-Fighting Tools

You could tell your employees to wash their hands more or wear face masks all you like but the best way to make sure they actually do it is to provide them with said hand soap and face masks.

3. Allow Working From Home
If the work that your employees do doesn’t require them to work together in person much, you could let them work from home for a while.

Of course, you could set certain guidelines like having to clock in and out their hours in the company group chat (it’s common courtesy, anyway) when they’re working from home.

4. Spring Clean The Office…As Often As Possible
If your office has the privilege of having in-house cleaners that can clean anytime, that’s great!

For those of us without, we have to make do with keeping our personal and shared spaces in the office clean on our own.



5. Keep Your Employees In The Country (Or State)

For larger companies that usually send employees out of the state or country for work, now’s probably not the best time to keep doing so, and large companies like Facebook, Razer and LG have outright restricted employee travel to China.

If you already have employees overseas who are coming home soon, you should advise them to get a health check-up before returning to the office (and allow them to claim the expenses from the company, if that’s not already the standard).

Specifically, in the case that any of your employees are returning from China, the health check should be mandatory.



6. Suit Up If You’re In F&B

For those working in the F&B sector, a simple face mask and hand soap isn’t quite enough as you’re always in contact with food for customers.

I believe that it’s extremely important that all your employees maintain good hygiene and are given the appropriate gear for food handling like hairnets, gloves (that are changed regularly), face masks or spit guard masks, clean aprons, etc.