Harcourts Property Management COVID19 checklist for Business Owners/Department Managers ☐
Contact your HR consultant and ensure that you have a COVID19 policy in place that is signed off by all employees.
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Ensure it covers items such infection control measures, exposure to the virus, travel, isolation, attendance at work, working from home and any potential business closure.
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Provide team with hygiene guides and ensure these are placed in the office (attached).
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Have the team sign off on any updated policies.
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Understand your obligations during this time in relation to employee absence and options available to them – talk to your HR consultant if you are unsure.
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Be aware of what actions you need to take if an employee is diagnosed with the virus.
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If an employee is returning from overseas ensure that they confirm with you that they have followed self-isolation protocols and what impact this will have on their leave.
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Employees may refuse to work in the office due to fear of catching the virus, understand what their obligations are as well as yours.
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Employees may be unable to attend if there are school closures, consider working from home options.
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Send out regular communication to your team on what you are doing to keep them healthy and safe. E.G – ask cleaners to attend daily basis, have them do a through clean of all surfaces, provide Glen20 spray and encourage team to clean desks and phones daily, ensure they understand hygiene requirements like washing hands.
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Put in place as a team, a plan to minimise contact with the public.
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Make sure you have adequate sanitiser’s, soap, tissues and wipes in the office
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Ensure that the team understands how their leave will be impacted should they need to take time off.
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Ask teams to keep you up to date on any overseas holidays they may have booked, will they continue to travel and how will facilitate their return.
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Meet with your team daily to check in on how they are feeling
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If you are working remotely, check in every morning to discuss who is working on what, check in middle and end of the day. Its important to stay in touch
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If you have high risk employees work with them to facilitate options on how they will continue to work. Produced by Sadhana Smiles CEO of Property Management Harcourts International © 2020 Harcourts International Limited
