German companies have to switch to emergency mode: between Home Office and travel stops

Who was the Hypovereinsbank, most recently on a business trip in China, now gets only one holiday. For two weeks, colleagues who were in Corona-crisis areas mus

German companies have to switch to emergency mode: between Home Office and travel stops

Who was the Hypovereinsbank, most recently on a business trip in China, now gets only one holiday. For two weeks, colleagues who were in Corona-crisis areas must, to the office. Only if you are sure that you have not brought the disease, it goes back to the workplace. Who can, should work in this time of home. If you can not, must paid for lounging.

The precautionary measure exists in the case of the Munich-based Bank since a few weeks, but she couldn't prevent that last week, an employee was tested positive for the Corona. Since then, a lot of disinfectant has been consumed in the offices of the cloth to Park. The rooms got a special cleaning.

banks set to "Split Business"

An infection in the workforce for most companies, the Horror. In addition to the concern for the employees, which is also expensive. Cleanings are necessary, the production processes are disturbed, in the worst case, all Teams fall.

To prevent this, has divided the Commerzbank about the workforce in Teams of two. A works in the Frankfurt office, the other is temporarily outside of the big city. A Corona should be sloshing wave by a Team, the others continue to use. Also, Deutsche Bank is banking on the "Split Business" referred to a technique for strategically important areas.

The British Bank HSBC had not applied this Trick. Accordingly, the media attention was, as last week, a London-based Analyst with Covid-19 was diagnosed. The Bank had to evacuate your pompous office building in the financial district of Canary Wharf in part, to disinfect the potentially contaminated offices.

VW-plant in Emden, with a borderline response

to prevent such cases, many companies to emergency measures. The simplest is, where to send employees to the Home Office. Unnecessary Meetings will be cancelled, when necessary to Meet the rule applies, for example, in the case of Volkswagen, you may need to take place in offices, in which all participants have a minimum of one and a half meters away from each other can sit.

In the Emden plant have been made more rigorous, and marginal measures. A truck driver, delivering parts for production should only be allowed after a health check on the grounds. Tents with Doctors and paramedics should be prepared for it. The Wolfsburg-based Headquarters held exaggerated – the health checks were banned. Volkswagen to break out 142,00 EUR +7,40 (+5,50%) Xetra price data

travel stops for almost all firms

panic needs whether or not the epidemic actually, in any mode of operation. Larger corporations have often already had a pandemic Plan for the worst case, smaller firms can be based on the "Handbook for workplace pandemic planning" of the Federal office for population protection and disaster assistance. The tips are a bit surprising: The work area should be clean and hygienic, the advice of the Robert Koch-Institute, for example, thorough washing of hands followed and a contact person for the workforce to be named. With the SCC-exchange of letters next to values, and in the short term and the long term Top return on investment! (Partner quote) Here is an exclusive 30-day free trial!

The easiest means for companies is usually the best choice. In addition to an email to all employees, the lock is in the case of most companies, simply a Trip. Who does not need to travel necessarily, is to work from the office or from home. Trips to China are prohibited, especially under. And many service trips are eliminated anyway, because fairs and other events Europe-wide, to be cancelled.

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Date Of Update: 10 March 2020, 11:00
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