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CoreNet Global: COVID-19 Return to Work Survey
1.
What departments are represented on your COVID-19 task force? (Check all that apply.)
HR
Corporate Real Estate
IT
Finance
Procurement
Supply Chain
Operations
Health and Safety
Security
Risk
Communications
Other (please describe)
2.
What models/experts are you referencing/in communication with to help predict when it will be safe to return to the office? (Please select all that apply)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization
State health officials
Universities
Other (please specify name)
3.
Which of the following businesses or key indicators are you considering to help make that decision when determining who and when people will return to the office? (Please select all that apply)
school closings
daycare capacity
hospital capacity
Other (please specify)
4.
Who is in your decision tree for a green light to return to work (e.g., once stay-at-home orders expire)? (Check all that apply.)
State or local health officials
Federal health officials
C-Suite or other senior executives in your company
5.
What do you define as "safe to return" to the office?
a.) When stay-at-home orders expire
b.) When certain thresholds for confirmed cases, deaths, new cases, etc. are reached
c.) Vaccine
d.) Antibody development
6.
If you said "b" above, what are those thresholds?
7.
Which do those thresholds apply to: Select all that apply
Country Level
State Level
County Level
City Level
8.
If an employee has to report to the office at this point in time for a necessary business need, what is currently being done to ensure a COVID19 safe work environment? Check all that apply:
Continue social distancing in the office requiring 6 ft rule
Temperature checks
Expanded work hours allow people to spread out
Keeping associates separated by only having a portion (e.g., 50%) in the office at a time then alternating weeks
Limit in person group meetings
Hand-washing requirements
Cleaning protocols
Other (please specify)
9.
When will you start to bring employees back into the office:
a.) Once stay-at-home orders expire
b.) Wait a certain amount of time
c.) Vaccine
d.) Antibody development
10.
If "b", what is that time frame, and how was it determined?
11.
Are you bringing everyone back into the office at once or in waves?
At once
In waves
12.
If in waves, how do you plan on doing this – timing, determining waves, etc.? For example, bring people back in based on seating (every other 3rd seat) to continue social distancing in the office.
13.
What’s the timetable you are expecting for people to return to work?
May 2020
June 2020 or later
Too soon to determine
Other (please specify)
14.
What protocols will you have in place to govern people as they come back and how long do you anticipate them continuing? Select all that apply
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Continue social distancing in the office requiring 6 ft rule
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Temperature checks
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Expanded work hours allow people to spread out
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Keeping associates separated by only having a portion (e.g., 50%) in the office at a time then alternating weeks
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Limit in person group meetings
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Hand-washing requirements
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Cleaning protocols
1 month
3 months
6 months
N/A
Other (please specify)
15.
What support are you giving associates that might be uncomfortable about returning to the office?
Employee Assistance programs
Communication around cleaning measures
Options to continue working remotely
Other (please specify)
16.
How will you handle employees that are fearful to return to work but are required based on their job function?
Allow them to continue working remotely for the time being
Allow them to continue working remotely but explain that they will soon need to return to the office
Reassign the employee or other action
17.
Is all or part of your company’s operations classified as essential, and how do you handle hazard pay?
Yes, and we have hazard pay
Yes, but we do not offer hazard pay
No
18.
As associates return to work, are you making any accommodations for those that have day care challenges with schools being cancelled for the remainder of the school year?
Yes
No
19.
Are there any changes that have been implemented that are now going to be considered normal operating procedures?
Yes
No
If yes, describe
20.
Have attitudes to remote work changed; i.e., is remote work a viable full-time working solution, and will you be looking to return 100% of staff to the office?
We have a more positive view of remote working than previously-
We have a more negative view of remote working than previously-
We plan to cut back on our remote working program-
We plan to continue our remote working program and potentially expand it
21.
What parts of the remote working effort will stay in place? For how long?
22.
Which of the following long-term and/or permanent changes are you making to help mitigate against communicable diseases: (Please select all that apply)
Reducing staffing levels in the office
Changing office layouts to allow for further distancing between employees
Allowing some associates to now work from home permanently
Other (please specify)
23.
If COVID-19 were to continue, what plans in place to handle infections within the staff?
Communications to staff
Allowing people to work from home longer term
Other (please specify)
24.
Have there been considerations given to how travel will be handled:
Gradual return to normal business travel
As soon as restrictions are lifted
Other (please specify)
25.
Would you be willing to talk to us about the current Coronavirus situation, or contribute a piece of content to CoreNet Global's growing COVID-19 resource library? If yes, please share the following information:
Name:
Email:
Company:
Country:
26.
Please also, tell us what kind of content you might be interested in contributing. Select all that apply.
Blog
Podcast
Video
Article
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