{"id":1934,"date":"2020-03-12T06:43:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/blog\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:10:07","slug":"save-your-employees-from-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/save-your-employees-from-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"05 Ways Employers Can Save Their Employees From Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outbreak of <strong>Coronavirus<\/strong> originating in Wuhan, China, has spread to more than 65 countries all across the world, with more than 3,000 killed, and ailing more than 89,000 people. Public authorities have shut down borders and implemented quarantines, and organizations have enforced travel bans. There have been significant economic as well as human effects on the businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an epidemic alert signal for organizations to closely examine their current strategies, procedures, and policies for protecting staff, operations, and consumers now and in the future epidemic. Here are the top 5 questions employers need to consider in order to get prepared and take initiative to decrease the spread of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>How Can You Protect Your Employees From Workplace Exposure?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis-.png\" alt=\"How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis-.png 1280w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis--768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis--1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-Work-Environment-and-Employee-Management-Will-Look-Like-After-Coronavirus-Crisis--1080x540.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It considers that the <strong>Covid-19<\/strong>, which is caused by a coronavirus, spreads mainly from sneezing and coughing through the respiratory droplets, and it seems like spreading quickly. Infection can also occur by touching an infected object or surface and then touching one&#8217;s face. The Center for Prevention and Disease Control says that employers should &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is advised to stay at home if you have breathing problems (sneezing, coughing, conciseness of breath) along with the body temperature over <strong>100.4 F<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get off from the workplace premises if those symptoms arise while at work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cover your mouth while sneezing or coughing with tissue, shoulder, or elbow (but not bare-handed).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use alcohol-based sanitizer or often wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid hand shakes with people to decrease the risk of spreading virus.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employers at the workplace must ensure that workers have easy access to washing facilities and that they are packed well with soap and paper towels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hand sanitizers and wipes should distribute throughout the workplace, and also the countertops, workstations, doorknobs, etc. should be cleaned routinely.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>When Should Visitors And Workers Be Excluded From The Workplace?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/pricing\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2433 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Remote-Workforce-Management-.png\" alt=\"Remote-Workforce-Management-Reshaped-By-Coronavirus-A-Step-Closer-To-The-Future\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Remote-Workforce-Management-.png 1280w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Remote-Workforce-Management--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Remote-Workforce-Management--768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Remote-Workforce-Management--1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Remote-Workforce-Management--1080x540.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees should stay at home if they have some symptoms of having <strong>Coronavirus infections<\/strong>. But most of the dedicated people often take risks and drag themselves to the office instead of taking rest. Thus, in that case, companies can use manual thermal checkers and scanners and avoid people or employees who have more than 100.4 F.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though checking the body temperature only is not a reliable way of assessing risk, however, some people infected with Coronavirus might not have fever and vice-versa. So the best indicator of possible infection is an elevated temperature in conjunction with symptoms of respiratory issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may resume to the office after 14 days if the symptoms emerge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Should The Policies Around Domestic And International Travel Be Revised?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/05-Ways-Employers-Can-Save-Their-Employees-From-Coronavirus-.png\" alt=\"05-Ways-Employers-Can-Save-Their-Employees-From-Coronavirus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/05-Ways-Employers-Can-Save-Their-Employees-From-Coronavirus-.png 1024w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/05-Ways-Employers-Can-Save-Their-Employees-From-Coronavirus--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/05-Ways-Employers-Can-Save-Their-Employees-From-Coronavirus--768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recent survey, more than 65% of companies are confining the travel through and from Asia.\u00a0 It is wise to restrict employee business travel from or to the areas where coronavirus is widespread \u2014 both to prevent disease and to prevent productivity loss due to post-travel quarantine or exclusion of employees from the workplace. The State Department Travel Advisories and CDC Travel Health Notices should be monitored by businesses to decide when business travel should be canceled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or postponed. Currently, the Government recommends that travelers should avoid all non-essential journeys to China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Is It Beneficial To Provide Work From Home To All The Employees?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/pricing\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1942 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/work-from-home.png\" alt=\"best-05-tactics-to-stay-productive-while-working-from-home\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/work-from-home.png 900w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/work-from-home-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/work-from-home-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the widespread embrace of the virus, work from home or remote work is a new change that has brought into consideration. But, this brings employers into trouble as they need to manage the productivity ratio along with the wellness of the employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When employees work from home, it&#8217;s quite common that they lose focus on the main task and get distracted towards the other. Therefore, in this case, employers should start using <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/blog\/best-productivity-monitoring-software-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>productivity measurement tools<\/strong><\/em><\/a>,<\/span> which helps even to increase the productivity of remote employees. One such tool that allows people to manage their daily tasks and <a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/blog\/increase-your-productivity-at-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">increase their productivity at work<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> is <strong>EmpMonitor<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>EmpMonitor<\/strong> is an all-in-one employee management software, that helps in increasing the productivity of the employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-01.png\" alt=\"coronavirus\" width=\"2917\" height=\"1667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the exceptional <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>features of EmpMonitor<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span> include &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Remote Monitoring <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EmpMonitor is also known as remote monitoring software that enables employers to manage the technology needs of small businesses &#8211; on their terms &#8211; simply, efficiently, and from anywhere and keep a watch on the productivity of the employees working from home.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Productivity measurement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empmonitor\u2019s intuitive graphics and detailed reports that will help you provide complete insights into your company\u2019s productive workflows. This feature also helps you to know the number of productive and non-productive hours on the current date from the time of login.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Screenshots <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It allows you to capture screenshots of your employee&#8217;s screen. It is a smart way to keep an eye on your employees\u2019 work to every single activity they do, and it also helps to keep your company\u2019s data safe and secure from data breaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Browser Tracking History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now track the web browsing history of your staff, record their website addresses visited, web page title, and the number of visits to the single web page, that too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only these, but EmpMonitor also helps to Deputize Your Peers, check the top websites and applications which are used, along with the keystrokes and user logs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are some of the exceptional features of EmpMonitor, so don&#8217;t let coronavirus bog you down. Let your employees work from home and track their productivity with EmpMonitor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><b>Is It Necessary To Cancel Or Postpone Scheduled Conferences And Meetings?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/pricing\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1946 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-03.png\" alt=\"how-to-work-from-home-online\" width=\"2917\" height=\"1668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-03.png 2917w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-03-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-03-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-03-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Empmonitor-03-1080x618.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2917px) 100vw, 2917px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve seen the reports of called off meetings and conferences, especially the ones in which international participants are involved, and people are thereby expecting more in upcoming days. Local health authorities will provide recommendations on whether activities in a given area must get canceled or not. The organizers of the conferences must take a step forward and reduce the chances of infection (like avoiding hand-shaking), also ensuring that proper hand-washing (and using hand sanitizers) facilities are readily available.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #9c7f0b;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, these are some of the ways employers can save their employees from Coronavirus, but without affecting the productivity ratio. Therefore, put your best foot forward in a better way to practice care. As being healthy and fit isn&#8217;t a fad or trend, it\u2019s a lifestyle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/pricing\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6723 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19.png\" alt=\"Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19.png 1920w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Employee-Monitoring-Software-Became-The-New-Normal-Post-Covid-19-1080x608.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outbreak of Coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has spread to more than 65 countries all across the world, with more than 3,000 killed, and ailing more than 89,000 people. Public authorities have shut down borders and implemented quarantines, and organizations have enforced travel bans. There have been significant economic as well as human effects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[260,261,262,263,264,265],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-monitoring-software","tag-coronavirus","tag-work-from-home","tag-remote-workforce","tag-productivity-measurement-tools","tag-productivity-measurement","tag-remote-monitoring","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19256,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions\/19256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}