18 Apr 2020, Singapore: When COVID-19 hit Singapore, most of the companies here had a structure Business Continuity Plan (BCP) - these are some of the existing structure / SOP left over from the previous SARS crisis. When the Government roll-out the "Circuit Breaker" (source: https://www.gov.sg/article/what-you-can-and-cannot-do-during-the-circuit-breaker-period) on 7 Apr 2020, which partially lock-down the country, and force more companies to adopt a model of Work From Home (WFH) - most unprepared companies just when into WFH without much guideline and preparedness for their employees.
Listed below are just some of the pointers: -
- Make sure you activate all your company IT security device e.g., be issued a company Laptop, secure VPN software, security token, access code creator, etc.
- Make sure your home or alternative workplace have a wireless broadband facility
- Activate your email "Out of Office" (OOO) notice, indicating that your are working from home (WFH), dates / duration WFH, and contact details (e.g., mobile number, home fix line, alternative emails, etc.) and when will you be working "on-site".
- If you are on annual leave (Singapore context that you are on vacation), please indicate in your email OOO notice.
- When you are on video tele-conferencing - please mute your communication device when you are not talking and deactivate your camera (for your privacy) - I will just stick a "Pokemon" sticker over the laptop camera to be sure.
- If you WFH, good to indicate signboard at your office workstation that you are on "WFM" - share with your colleagues your working location.
- For those based in Singapore - take the opportunity if your company can apply the Singapore Government grants on Flexi Work Arrangement (source: https://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/good-work-practices/work-life-grant)
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