Deconfinement: how to return to work without taking risks?

Liberated, delivered! Well, not quite... Despite the announcement of a gradual and partial decontamination, it is better to remain cautious. The Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet.To return to work despite the Corona Virus, we will have to adapt our way of working. You must remain cautious to avoid spreading the virus in your profession. The good news is that with a few steps, it is possible to get back to work without taking too many risks for yourself and for others. We give you 5 keys to safely resume your professional activity after decontamination .

Adopt the right actions against the Corona Virus

The virus may be scary, but the preventive measures are no less simple. In order to return to work safely, all you need to do is adopt the right reflexes:

• Wash your hands regularly : For more than a minute with soap. If possible, get some disinfectant gel and antibacterial spray
• Avoid physical contact: do not shake hands, kiss and keep a social distance
• Wear a mask in public places and at the office
• Do not share tissues, glasses, pens ...
• Do not come to work if you have any symptoms: cough, fever, headache ...

By respecting and enforcing these simple barrier measures, you greatly reduce the risk of spreading the virus. You ensure a good recovery of your activity and the safety of your teams and avoid a second wave of contamination.

Equip yourself and your teams

Three basic pieces of equipment can help you to enforce and improve the efficiency of the security rules:

• The Mask

If you can afford masks: set an example. Wear your mask in public places and in office spaces. Better yet, offer them to your colleagues, teams and employees.

• Disinfectant soaps and sprays

Before entering a meeting room, office or front of house, make a hydroalcoholic spray available. This will ensure that everyone disinfects their hands regularly.

• Infrared thermometer

Before entering the workplace, taking the temperature of people entering the building will help prevent a sick person from contaminating the place. Although not 100% reliable, it is an additional safety measure.

Encourage telecommuting

When possible, encouraging telecommuting is an ideal risk mitigation measure. In the face of the epidemic threat, working from home occasionally or for a longer period of time significantly reduces the risk. You will simply have to think about working differently, especially with remote communication or organization tools.

Limit the number of people in meetings

The ideal is to reduce the number of people in contact with each other. To do this, invite to meetings only those people who are crucial . The best way is to prepare the meeting well in advance with an agenda, a well-defined objective and the key people to move your project forward.

If you need to invite people from outside, take the opportunity to rent a meeting room in a coworking space. This way, you can meet in a neutral, safer and more convenient place for everyone.

Reorganize the office and the workplace

While telecommuting is a solution, it doesn't work for everyone or all the time. Especially since we don't yet know when the pandemic will end. We will have to rethink the L' Espace. How do you reorganize offices to maximize safety?

• Try to put as much distance as possible between the different offices
• Take advantage of alternating between telecommuting and coworking spaces
• Organize shifts with employees for company attendance

If you have the possibility, the ideal is of course to rent office space in coworking spaces. Not only have coworking solutions adapted to protect against risks, but they offer larger spaces. Find out our tips for choosing your coworking space!

If you have meetings to organize, you can privatize offices or meeting spaces. Finally, these professional spaces are regularly cleaned. Freed from your worries, you will only have to concentrate on your objectives.