Hi Experts,
I am from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. I am working as an HR Manager in an IT company. As of now, no single positive case of coronavirus has been found in Gujarat. As a preventive measure, the government of Gujarat has announced the closure of schools, colleges, and all public places. Currently, we are not close to a situation like a lockdown. However, in the event of a lockdown and we have to ask employees to work from home or provide them with leaves, what would be the policy regarding their salary?
If we decide to offer paid leave for 15 days, what about work? If we opt for work from home, how will we measure their productivity? We are an IT company, and currently, we do not have a work-from-home policy in place. We have 25 employees.
Thank you.
From India, Mumbai
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5I am from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. I am working as an HR Manager in an IT company. As of now, no single positive case of coronavirus has been found in Gujarat. As a preventive measure, the government of Gujarat has announced the closure of schools, colleges, and all public places. Currently, we are not close to a situation like a lockdown. However, in the event of a lockdown and we have to ask employees to work from home or provide them with leaves, what would be the policy regarding their salary?
If we decide to offer paid leave for 15 days, what about work? If we opt for work from home, how will we measure their productivity? We are an IT company, and currently, we do not have a work-from-home policy in place. We have 25 employees.
Thank you.
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Meghavi,
The similar situation we are facing here too, but I think we cannot put a measurement on such criteria. If the organization wants to keep their work going, then we have to keep faith in our employees instead of putting doubt on his/her working abilities. The employees who ask for work from home are that much responsible and mature too. Hence, I think we just have to move out from this pandemic situation.
From India, Pune
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The similar situation we are facing here too, but I think we cannot put a measurement on such criteria. If the organization wants to keep their work going, then we have to keep faith in our employees instead of putting doubt on his/her working abilities. The employees who ask for work from home are that much responsible and mature too. Hence, I think we just have to move out from this pandemic situation.
From India, Pune
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Dear Meghavi and Suchit,
In the manufacturing and service industries, people are an inseparable part of the product or services. Employees' presence is *sine qua non* for the production of the goods or the delivery of the services. In contrast, in IT companies, delivery of development of the product even working from a distant place. That is the benefit of the development of digital goods.
In both of your companies, why it was not possible to give the facility of working from home is not understood. Is your server located on the cloud or locally available? Secondly, measurement of the work should not be a problem as to check whether coding is one or not or to check bugs in the software one need not be available at the office. It can be done remotely also.
If you are facing the problem of remote working then why not try using Google Drive or Microsoft's One Drive? Of course in some cases, because of the security issues, the client's permission is required. Approach the client and find out how they can help you.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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In the manufacturing and service industries, people are an inseparable part of the product or services. Employees' presence is *sine qua non* for the production of the goods or the delivery of the services. In contrast, in IT companies, delivery of development of the product even working from a distant place. That is the benefit of the development of digital goods.
In both of your companies, why it was not possible to give the facility of working from home is not understood. Is your server located on the cloud or locally available? Secondly, measurement of the work should not be a problem as to check whether coding is one or not or to check bugs in the software one need not be available at the office. It can be done remotely also.
If you are facing the problem of remote working then why not try using Google Drive or Microsoft's One Drive? Of course in some cases, because of the security issues, the client's permission is required. Approach the client and find out how they can help you.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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Hi Experts,
I am from Bangalore, working as an HR Manager in the media & production industry. As we all know, the situation in Karnataka is not good, and near our workplace, one tech park was affected by corona. This is why I raised a concern about the necessary actions for corona, resulting in the decision for all employees to work from home this month.
To monitor employees' workflow throughout the work-from-home period, we are conducting daily stand-up meetings on Skype from 9:30 am to 10 am. Additionally, we have created a reporting form for each department's employees. They are required to fill out this form daily after completing their work and send it to the respective team lead for further assistance and evaluation.
I believe that through these monitoring techniques, we can effectively track employee workflow and maintain productivity.
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I am from Bangalore, working as an HR Manager in the media & production industry. As we all know, the situation in Karnataka is not good, and near our workplace, one tech park was affected by corona. This is why I raised a concern about the necessary actions for corona, resulting in the decision for all employees to work from home this month.
To monitor employees' workflow throughout the work-from-home period, we are conducting daily stand-up meetings on Skype from 9:30 am to 10 am. Additionally, we have created a reporting form for each department's employees. They are required to fill out this form daily after completing their work and send it to the respective team lead for further assistance and evaluation.
I believe that through these monitoring techniques, we can effectively track employee workflow and maintain productivity.
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Work From Home Is it Possible for Manufacturing Industries,Kindly give suggestion for this issue
From India, Ambheti
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From India, Ambheti
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Hi Meghavi,
Being an IT company, it is easy for you guys to work remotely. You can arrange a meeting with the team and plan accordingly. If not, ask employees to come to work in batches. For example, if there are 6 people in a department, ask 3 to work for a week while the remaining 3 are at home, and vice versa. If you plan it this way, the work will also be done, there will be fewer chances of everyone falling sick, and you can still pay salaries.
I hope this helps in managing the work effectively and keeping everyone safe and productive.
Thank you.
From United Arab Emirates, Ras al-Khaimah
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Being an IT company, it is easy for you guys to work remotely. You can arrange a meeting with the team and plan accordingly. If not, ask employees to come to work in batches. For example, if there are 6 people in a department, ask 3 to work for a week while the remaining 3 are at home, and vice versa. If you plan it this way, the work will also be done, there will be fewer chances of everyone falling sick, and you can still pay salaries.
I hope this helps in managing the work effectively and keeping everyone safe and productive.
Thank you.
From United Arab Emirates, Ras al-Khaimah
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one of our employee approved his leave from 07.03.20 to 28.03.20 for other reason .Now as per current situation , we have started work from home.Is that employee eligible for salary payment ?
From India, Pune
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From India, Pune
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Hi NRK1483,
I would suggest you check with his line manager whether the employee who is on vacation is working from home and completing the tasks on time. If so, you can consider paying him for the days he has worked. If not, you need not pay him from 07/03/2020 to 28/03/2020.
From United Arab Emirates, Ras al-Khaimah
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I would suggest you check with his line manager whether the employee who is on vacation is working from home and completing the tasks on time. If so, you can consider paying him for the days he has worked. If not, you need not pay him from 07/03/2020 to 28/03/2020.
From United Arab Emirates, Ras al-Khaimah
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Work From Home Is it Possible for Manufacturing Industries?
From India, Mandi
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Hi,
We are an IT company based in Mumbai. As a precautionary step, we have started work-from-home arrangements for our entire IT/Tech Department. However, for the Non-IT Departments (Accounts, Sales, HR, admin), due to the nature of their work, it is difficult to provide them with work-from-home opportunities. As the situation in Mumbai is deteriorating, we are considering granting them leave or allowing them to work from home.
Could you please suggest a leave and salary policy for employees in these categories? Should we offer Unpaid Leave for leaves, or consider a 50% salary for those working from home, considering that productivity might be lower in a WFH setup?
Thank you.
From India, Mumbai
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We are an IT company based in Mumbai. As a precautionary step, we have started work-from-home arrangements for our entire IT/Tech Department. However, for the Non-IT Departments (Accounts, Sales, HR, admin), due to the nature of their work, it is difficult to provide them with work-from-home opportunities. As the situation in Mumbai is deteriorating, we are considering granting them leave or allowing them to work from home.
Could you please suggest a leave and salary policy for employees in these categories? Should we offer Unpaid Leave for leaves, or consider a 50% salary for those working from home, considering that productivity might be lower in a WFH setup?
Thank you.
From India, Mumbai
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