Ideas
UNDERSTAND PHASE 4 GUIDELINES
- Conduct operations from within non-customer-facing office spaces (standalone and within multi-tenant buildings)
- Examples of businesses operating within offices include (non-exhaustive): legal services, accounting services, architectural/engineering design
- Note: Organizations that operate across multiple workplace environments should refer to applicable Phase IV guidelines for guidance on those workplaces​
- Note: As of release, offices may operate at maximum occupancy of 50% of office capacity. Capacity restrictions will be reassessed based on the latest science and public health metrics on an ongoing basis throughout Phase IV
BE SAFE
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IDEAS FROM A MULTI-CHAMBER MEETING FOR OFFICE OWNERS (MAY 2020)
PPE Equipment
• Work with other businesses to buy PPE (larger orders = lower cost)
• Make sure to order ahead of time due to delivery delays
• Some looking for a source for higher grade PPE for in-home client visits
PPP Loan
• Seek advice from accountant/attorney/banker about PPP loan forgiveness
• American Express loan
• Check with your payroll service to get required reports for PPP reporting
Current Operations
• Team management working well through conference calls
• Communicate with your team on a regular basis. Get their feedback. Record
calls for reference.
• Put as much educational and other info online to keep your clients engaged
• Sue Reardon mentioned using Loom https://www.loom.com/
Client & Employee Safety/Getting Back to Business
• Start a plan/have a checklist for what needs to be done prior to reopening
• Determine what cleaning procedures look like going forward
• Decide if you will be checking temps and screening customers/employees
• Some are asking clients to wash hands when they enter and/or providing
hand sanitizing stations
• Many are following a ‘no entrance without mask’ policy
• Communicate with your employees to find out what will make them feel safe
• Survey clients to determine what the most and least important steps you can
take to make them they can safely return to your business (Aging Care used a
consultant to create their survey)
• It’s all about optics. Make sure your messaging is clear and concise about all
you are doing to keep everyone safe/healthy
• How many employees will you bring back/ be sure you know
• Unanswered question: Will partitions between workspaces be considered
‘good enough’ for the distancing rule? Need guidance on requirements.
• Be flexible. Change the layout of your space to accommodate regulations
• We expect to continue a high level of remote working for the foreseeable
future. Social distancing and lack of childcare prevent many from going back
to work. Some will have a skeleton staff in the office at any given