Social Corporate Responsibility and Business Continuity

Safe working environments go hand in hand with productive work environments

Countries around the world are emerging out of quarantining and lock down measures, this also means

that the general population is returning to work. However certain considerations and provisions need to

be incorporated before business continues.

Risk Assessment

Employers must first carry out a risk assessment of the work environment pertaining to the staff size

versus the physical workspace, the customer base and also if the workspace is health related not. Based

on these characteristics, the environment can be labelled as;

• low exposure risk
• medium exposure risk
• high exposure risk.

 This assessment would determine how workers return to work whether there is a need to reduce the

number of employees at the workplace or encourage a shift system. All employees should be

encouraged to test for the virus in the weeks leading up to stepdown. Screening and testing can be

facilitated by Cellma’s COVID platform. Additionally, proper hygienic stations and advisory media ought

to be implemented at work to remind employees to engage in proper hygiene practices.

Preventative and Precautionary Measures

Encouraging business continuity also means encouraging productivity and comfort of employees within

an organisation. Employees must feel safe to return to work, they must also take all precautionary

measures to protect themselves at home, on the way to work and at work. The following preventative

measures should be implemented as standard protocol;

• No entrance to business unless wearing a mask (employee or customer)
• Sanitize before entering the workplace
• Report all flu-like symptoms to the Human Resource Department
• Maintain a distance of 1 meter to 6 feet from other persons
• Create and install social distancing stickers in heavily populated areas of the office, such as the kitchen, waiting rooms etc.

In order to facilitate employees returning to work, employers must then accept the responsibility of creating and enforcing a healthy work environment for its employees, customers and the general public.