Remote work policy

Dr. Priya Kalyanasundaram , HOD, Department of MBA, Sankara College of Science and Commerce

In today’s world our workplace is changing due to covid- 19 pandemic which has been the complete game changer and many corporate are implementing work from home for employees. Apart from that there can be problems related to email phishing, online scams etc. So a sound work policy can be framed for a smooth functioning of job.
• In remote workplace it is difficult to know how many hours our employees are working, But if the employees are salaried employees with no overtime then they are paid the same regardless of number of hours they work , but if they are paid on hourly basis and eligible for overtime . At this point of time you can ask your employees each day what they will be working and how many hours they’ll be active.
• All the employers are responsible for the health and safety measures . He should also determine whether the employee working environment is suitable for getting the job done
• List out the desired positions or designations that are all eligible to work remotely and include in your policies.
• Set up a time schedule for work or let the employees set their own time schedules.
• Set up a policy for immediate response from your employees and also state the modes of communication to be used.
• Specify how the employee’s productivity will be measured.
• Employees are in need of tools to complete their task in this case organization need to state clearly what tools they are ready to offer to the employees e.g. Computers, Laptop etc.
• The organization has to list out the technical support system that will be provided by them.
• The employees need to take utmost care while doing the work in public places and organization need to put rules to guarantee electronic security