Office Social Distancing and Indoor Mapping Software
By Dave Clifton Content Strategy Specialist SpaceIQ An interactive map of your workplace is an invaluable tool for many reasons. COVID-19 has added even more. Facility managers can utilize office social distancing and mapping software for important insights into the effectiveness of new workplace concepts. Moreover, there’s great potential for indoor mapping solutions that optimize how employees u...
How to Create an Office Seating Chart Amidst COVID-19
By Katherine Schwartz Demand Generation Specialist SpaceIQ The pre-coronavirus workplace was a free-flowing one. Employees might use a half dozen unique workspaces in the course of a day, and interact with a dozen different people or more. Employee seating wasn’t so much a mandate as it was a suggestion meant to encourage workplace participation. Needless to say, times have changed. Today, an offi...
Employee Communication and COVID-19: 10 Tips
By James FranklinChief Customer Officer SpaceIQ The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a mystery in so many ways. Scientists are diligently working on a vaccine, but there’s no timeframe for when it will be ready. Ebbs and spikes in daily infections cause shifts in guidelines on what seems like a whim. But there’s one certainty: people need to work to pay the bills, regardless of the anxiety and uncertain...
How to Use Workplace Software for Social Distancing
By Nai KanellVice President of Marketing SpaceIQ Social distance policies govern every physical workplace right now—and will continue to long after the coronavirus pandemic ends. Facility managers need to look at these policies through a long-term lens. Beyond rearranging a few desks and building distance into everyday operations, FMs need to track and optimize these new workplace concepts. ...
COVID-19 Employee Training is Essential
By Katherine Schwartz Demand Generation Specialist SpaceIQ The post-coronavirus workplace is a whole new ballgame. What was once familiar and second-nature to employees is now completely different. There are extra safety steps and new work processes—many of which might seem cumbersome. The workplace can seem foreign, even to long-tenured employees. COVID-19 employee training is essential to ...
FFCRA: Four Things Employers Need to Know
By Dave Clifton Content Strategy Specialist SpaceIQ Despite local economies beginning to reopen, we’re far from the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are thousands of new confirmed cases each day, and it’s possible the numbers will spike as people begin to go back to work. It’s a difficult predicament for employers, who are stuck between caring about employee safety and the need to resume operat...
COVID-19 Employee Waivers and Retention Credits
By Dave CliftonContent Strategy SpecialistSpaceIQ Today’s workplaces are a lot like the Wild West. Between telecommuting policies, return-to-work programs, and changes to how and where people work, no one really knows what to expect. The introduction of government stimuli via the CARES Act provided some stability and relief for businesses…but without a lot of guidance. It all adds up to uncertai...
COVID-19 and Employee Rights for Returning to Work
By Dave CliftonContent Strategy SpecialistSpaceIQ The social lockdown may have lifted in your area and workplaces are opening again. Effective immediately, you can now recall staff and resume operations in-house. The question is, are your employees ready to come back to work? Can they refuse to come back? COVID-19 and employee rights are a situation employers need to proactively think about before they...
Is Your COVID-19 Office Cleaning Plan Enough?
By Dave Clifton Content Strategy SpecialistSpaceIQ Cleanliness and hygiene are on everyone’s mind as coronavirus concerns persist in national headlines. Even though local economies have begun to open up, people are still concerned about exposure and infection. This is especially true in the workplace. It’s impossible for employees to feel comfortable and productive if they’re constantly concerned ...
What Does the Post COVID-19 Workplace Look Like?
By Dave Clifton Content Strategy Specialist SpaceIQ From remote work to workplace distancing, COVID-19 forced changes in the way we work. Many of these changes will linger post-coronavirus and continue to affect how, where, and when we do certain types of work. Change ripples outward, which means our adaptations to the pandemic will facilitate even more changes. Nowhere is this more prevalent than...
12 Questions Every COVID-19 Workplace Questionnaire Should Ask
By Katherine Schwartz Demand Generation Specialist SpaceIQ Health screening and COVID-19 workplace questionnaires are growing in popularity as companies begin to welcome employees back to work. These simple questionnaires are great preventive tools for mitigating workplace spread of the virus because they encourage self-policing among employees. If you aren’t feeling well, don’t come to wor...
COVID-19 Workplace Surveys & Workplace Reentry
By Dana Sher Head of Product SpaceIQ As companies begin to open their workplaces and welcome employees back, there’s a lot of uncertainty to overcome. The gradual return to work is a delicate situation that, if handled wrong, could leave employees resentful of their organization. The best thing employers can do is give their workers a voice and make their input a meaningful part of the ...
COVID-19 Office Protection Goes Beyond PPE
By Dana Sher Senior Director, Product SpaceIQ CDC and WHO guidelines offer an abundance of information on how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic: Social distance Practice respiratory etiquette when you cough or sneeze Wash your hands Don’t touch your face There are dozens of things people can do to avoid exposing themse...
COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policy
By Nai Kanell Vice President of Marketing SpaceIQ There was no real guidance or preparing workplaces for unique event like COVID-19. Some companies had biohazard and contagious illness policies, but few were ready to adapt to a global pandemic with agility. Many companies figured it out quickly. Others took longer, but eventually adapted. Between workplace ...
Can My Employer Require A Doctors Note If I’m COVID Positive?
By Nai Kanell Vice President of Marketing SpaceIQ Employers have a duty to keep their workers safe. In the case of a global pandemic, that duty extends to qualifying the health of employees who may be recovering from COVID-19. How long before they’re allowed to return to work? What special precautions, if any, do you need to take to protect the health and wellness of other emp...