NEW YORK, April 16 ― Around the world countries are hitting their coronavirus peaks and starting to grapple with questions about when and how to reopen their economies. But those people fortunate enough to have not lost their jobs should be prepared for a “new normal” when they finally go...
Thursday, 16 Apr 2020 09:41 AM MYT
But those people fortunate enough to have not lost their jobs should be prepared for a “new normal” when they finally go back to work, say experts.Handshakes are out “indefinitely,” said Tom Frieden, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Next, offices will need to start thinking about practical measures.
Offices may also stagger employee hours and have workers come in on different days so that fewer people are present at a given time ― and cut meetings. As a result, people tend to power through despite illness: an October 2019 nationwide survey of 2,800 workers by the accounting firm Robert Half found that 33 percent always go in when sick. That may change.
“Don't forget a lot of people are gonna go back to work having lost family members,” said Marc Wilkenfeld, a doctor who specialises in occupational medicine at NYU Langone Health.
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