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List three policy changes that have been created as a result of COVID-19 and what their purpose/benefit is:
1)Travel Llimitations
PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED TO USE TECHNOLOGY to virtually travel and that technology effectively is likely to both advance and become more interoperable.people will have become more comfortable with attending meetings from remote locations,and people already know that video conferencing is both far less expensive and far safer than physical travel.Physical travel also opens the employee to sicknessand injury,introduces jet lag that degrades performance ,and working on a plane is sub-optimal when compared to working from a home or office
2) limiting physical contact
physical distancing of two meters can prevent person to person transmission of COVID -19 Because when someone coughs,sneezes or speaks they spread small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus,if people are too close they breath in the droplets.because of this COVID-19 RULE people understand the importance of limiting social contact
.we have kissers,huggers and grabbers ,which are HR problems waiting to happen anyway,and a lot of firms have had trouble curtailing unwanted contacts between employees.HR's job gets a ton more manageable if the policy is that employees shouldn't touch other employees.Then it isn't a focus on the motive.Still,one on policy and you can more aggressively eliminate the these behaviours and get the added benefit of limiting pathogen spreading.Most of us aren't fond of getting any sickness,and this would keep us healthier and make our employees,mainly our woman employees, safer
3) mandatory work from home
we have been allowing people to come to work sick historically even though we've known it is a bad idea both from the standpoint of the person working sick and perspective of everyone they contact.In covid 19 there is a rule to go for self quarantine if you have fever or contagious virus (like a cold).This way ,we reduce the spread of virus.covid -19 may mitigate ,but flu will likely be with us for the foreseeable future,so it is wise to work from home while we are sick to prevent spreading of diseases