CIPD Recommendations for Productive Home Working
Mar 27, 2020
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The professional body for HR and people management set out some very good advice for working remotely as businesses look to keep going throughout the current pandemic.
- The CIPD’s Coronavirus hub brings together a host of content including an employer’s response guide and a downloadable questionnaire to help your organisation prepare and implement homeworking.
- Discover how to improve your productivity, stay focused and connected with LinkedIn Learning’s remote working course. The course includes insight from entrepreneur Arianna Huffington, and can be completed in bite-sized chunks.
- Missing the workplace buzz? Homeworking doesn’t have to be a lonely experience. A crowdsourced Remote Work Survival Kit will arm you with tools you need to achieve a happy and balanced remote working set-up.
- Is your business new to homeworking? HR-Inform has easy-to-use, downloadable templates to help you establish your own flexi-time, homeworking, and flexible working policies.
- As homeworking rises across the globe, businesses are presented with new issues to manage. This comprehensive guide from Acas includes real-life case studies and advice on meeting homeworking legal requirements as well as health and safety standards.
- Employers are responsible for the safety of their employees even if they are working from home. The Health and Safety Executive has created a guide for employers, including advice on managing stress and mental health.
- Wordpress Co-founder Matt Mullenweg considers how homeworking impacts office dynamics in his 4-minute Ted Talk. He asks: how can we make sure that all employees, both at headquarters and at home, feel connected?
- A blog from Rescue Time looks at ways to build community among teams who work thousands of miles apart. Many of the key takeaways also apply to remote workers in closer proximity.
- 'How to collaborate effectively if your team is remote' is a short read from Harvard Business Review to help your business tackle remote collaboration and perform at the highest levels.
- Get Lighthouse takes an in-depth look at remote working with 11 essential tips on managing remote workers.
https://recamov.com/blog/a-guide-to-managing-your-remote-workers provides an indepth approach to managing homeworkers.
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Useful Links to Further Information
- THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (BIFM)- Founded in 1993, BIFM is a professional body for facilities management, both individuals and organisations.
- FIRST POINT ASSESSMENT (FPAL)- Is a supplier management community supporting the European oil and gas industry.
- THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (CIEH)- A charity that is the professional and leading voice for environmental and public health and safety.
- INSTITUTE OF HOSPITALITY- A professional membership group that provides support and information for those who work or study in the hospitality and tourism industries.
- FOOD STANDARD AGENCY (FSA)- The governmental department responsible for food safety and hygiene throughout the UK.
- THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION (TUCO)- TUCO is a professional membership group for in-house caterers within the higher education sector, and is one of the leading organisations of its kind in the UK.
- BRITISH HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION (BHA)- An agenda-setter and members organisation for the hospitality and tourism industry that helps to promote the interest of operators, brands and owners across the hospitality and tourism sectors.
- ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH (RSPH)- An independent and multi-disciplinary charity who’s mission is to improve public health and wellbeing.
- INTERNATIONAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (IFMA)- An international association for facilities management professionals, supporting 24,000 members in 105 countries.
