People Matters COVID-19 Impact & Measures Survey – March 2020

With the risk of an economic downturn on account of the Coronavirus, businesses and HR departments are experiencing turbulence as the epidemic impacts how people work, from where they work and how they should work.
Here is a quick survey by People Matters to understand how organizations are responding to the implications of COVID-19 virus on workplace and people.

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* 1. How is COVID-19 affecting your business?

Sentiment of fear and panic among clients to invest

Halting critical business activities (travelling, meetings, etc.)

Impacting direct revenues

Declining productivity and efficiency index

Declining consumer demand

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How your business can further be impacted if the situation gets worse?

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* 3. What are some of the actions you have initiated to protect your employee's health? (Select all that applies)

A consistent communication plan in the times of crisis

Offering employees to work from home

Having employees to go through regular medical checks

Getting your mitigation plan reviewed by a medical expert

Suspending non-essential business travels

Reiterating and over-communicating policies around safety/precautions

Sanitizing workplaces on a more frequent basis

Monitoring temperature of all employees at the entrance to the building

Quarantining employees who recently visited highly affected areas

Quarantining employees exposed to confirmed cases

Restricting outside visitors/third parties

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What are some of the actions you are considering to take if the situation worsens?

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* 5. Do you have a pay policy for employees who cannot opt for work from home but have been asked to stay away from work environment?

Yes, please specify your policy

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* 6. Do you pay connectivity cost to employees working from home?

Yes

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* 7. How prepared are you on a scale of 1-5 on the following activities? (1 being no prepared at all, highly prepared)

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Having the right policies and plan in-action to support employees and their families	Having the right policies and plan in-action to support employees and their families 1	Having the right policies and plan in-action to support employees and their families 2	Having the right policies and plan in-action to support employees and their families 3	Having the right policies and plan in-action to support employees and their families 4	Having the right policies and plan in-action to support employees and their families 5
Setting up a cross-functional COVID-19 response team	Setting up a cross-functional COVID-19 response team 1	Setting up a cross-functional COVID-19 response team 2	Setting up a cross-functional COVID-19 response team 3	Setting up a cross-functional COVID-19 response team 4	Setting up a cross-functional COVID-19 response team 5
Having a crisis communication plan for clients, customers, and vendors	Having a crisis communication plan for clients, customers, and vendors 1	Having a crisis communication plan for clients, customers, and vendors 2	Having a crisis communication plan for clients, customers, and vendors 3	Having a crisis communication plan for clients, customers, and vendors 4	Having a crisis communication plan for clients, customers, and vendors 5
Having all the medical facilities available on-site in case of illness	Having all the medical facilities available on-site in case of illness 1	Having all the medical facilities available on-site in case of illness 2	Having all the medical facilities available on-site in case of illness 3	Having all the medical facilities available on-site in case of illness 4	Having all the medical facilities available on-site in case of illness 5

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* 8. Which country do you belong to?

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* 9. What is your organization type?

Multinational Corporation

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Small and Medium Enterprises

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Are you willing to talk more with People Matters about these measures?

Yes