Ways of safeguarding staff wellbeing in Covid-19 lockdown

With lockdowns and social distance measures introduced in many parts of the world to fight the coronavirus, many employees and employers found themselves in unchartered waters in trying to adjust to the new way of business. We had people having to suddenly operate from home in what is referred to as remote working and organisations also adjusting to these forms of operations.

Not many people have experience working remotely and this presented a huge challenge to them. Similarly, many managers have never had to supervise team members working remotely and this combination has caused untold suffering for many people. However, all is not lost in this new approach and the question for us as employees, employers and managers is how to make it bearable for everyone. I am sharing a few general ideas on issues that apply to employers and employees alike, ways to make it out of here with little damage: