{"id":41971,"date":"2021-07-26T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/blog\/top-4-technologies-to-help-employees-feel-safe-as-they-return-to-work\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T10:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T00:01:23","slug":"top-4-technologies-to-help-employees-feel-safe-as-they-return-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/blog\/top-4-technologies-to-help-employees-feel-safe-as-they-return-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 4 technologies to help employees feel safe as they return to work"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is fair to say that lockdown in the UK has been a strange and testing time with over 35% of Brits doing some form of\u00a0working from home<\/a>. However, with\u00a0lockdown restrictions\u00a0easing since\u00a019\u00a0July 2021<\/a>\u00a0people\u00a0are\u00a0starting\u00a0to return to their workplaces,\u00a0but\u00a0with this comes a\u00a0big challenge that businesses face\u00a0in\u00a0adapting office environments to a different way of working.<\/p>\n

But with over\u00a0five million<\/a>\u00a0people fearing returning to work\u00a0what will this look like? Without a doubt, there will be plenty of new safety protocols involving strict personal hygiene and physical distancing,\u00a0but how do we make this transition as simple and as safe as possible?<\/p>\n

As employers, we are all navigating a different territory. The workplace we left many months ago is unlikely to be the same when we return. We haven\u2019t experienced anything like this before, most organisations don\u2019t have plans in place on how to return to the workplace and if they do, they haven\u2019t been tested and in these unprecedented times the reality is likely to be very different.<\/p>\n

Using technology to keep your employees safe<\/h2>\n

Companies across the UK face so many challenges when it comes to opening their offices again, it can be hard to know the best way to ensure employee welfare is maintained. \u00a0We\u2019ve pulled together the top 4 features to look out for in any people presence software:<\/p>\n

Employee and guest screening<\/h3>\n

Screening all employees and guests before they come on-site ensures only those that meet your on-site criteria are granted access. Giving you and your employees confidence that only those people who meet your organisations wellness criteria are able to gain access.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also incredibly beneficial to get alerted when you encounter a person who does not meet your criteria so they can be added to a watchlist and automatically denied should they attempt to gain access.<\/p>\n

Touchless sign in\/out<\/h3>\n

The less surfaces we all touch in the workplace the better for slowing the spread of germs. Ensure your software has the option for employees and guests to enter and exit your location using a touchless kiosk, QR code poster, mobile app or via the front of house team. These systems reduce health risks, improve overall hygiene, and create peace of mind for anyone entering or exiting your organisation.<\/p>\n

On-site policy acknowledgement<\/h3>\n

To maintain the highest level of hygiene for your employees and guests. Having the ability to ask everyone entering your location to read and acknowledge your onsite policies. This could be as simple as asking them to agree that they will use hand sanitiser or keep 2 meters from another person. Ensure that any question not answered correctly someone in your team can be notified and access to denied.<\/p>\n

Limit numbers on-site<\/h3>\n

Automatically set the number of people allowed to be on-site at any one time rather than leaving it up to an individual. This feature removes the responsibility on the \u00a0front of house team or security team ensuring anyone attempting to gain access when on-site numbers are met are denied and one of your employees are notified. A great feature for managing on-site social distancing.<\/p>\n

MRI OnLocation offers these and other features to help you keep your organisation and those within it safe and secure. To learn more, get a demo.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is fair to say that lockdown in the UK has been a strange and testing time with over 35% of Brits doing some form of\u00a0working from home. However, with\u00a0lockdown restrictions\u00a0easing since\u00a019\u00a0July 2021\u00a0people\u00a0are\u00a0starting\u00a0to return to their workplaces…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":41002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-onlocation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrisoftware.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}