FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Office spaces:
Is your business set up to protect people from germs?
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s Australia continues to open and lift all COVID-19 border restrictions1, latest research from Reckitt indicates 74 per cent of Australian consumers remain concerned about the spread of germs.2 According to data from the ABS, in April 2022, despite more people working from home than at the start of the pandemic, more than half (53.8 per cent) of Australians hadn’t worked at least one day a week from home in the previous four weeks, indicating that for many, a return to office work is now the norm. A March 2022 survey commissioned by Reckitt’s Lysol Pro Solutions and conducted by Suzy in the 56 INCLEAN November / December 2022
United States, found 53 per cent of American office employees were travelling to their company’s office every day, with 30 per cent going into the office a few times each week3. Yet only 27 per cent of respondents believed that their company’s health and safety measures were being enforced to the highest standard4. While yes, this is research from overseas, the survey underscores the importance of an effective and well-enforced office hygiene program to help protect and inspire confidence among employees. As we found ourselves during the colder months, with NSW hospitals reporting in May 2022 an influx of COVID-19, cold and flu cases5,