Active participation of workers and their representatives in any decision-making process contributed to the adoption of sustainable and appropriate solutions to face new hazards and risks.
Stronger commitment to the decisions taken.
Ireland: the HSE produced guidance stressing how essential it was to consult with workers at every stage of implementing COVID-19 measures in the workplace. It also underlined the need to appoint a COVID-19 Lead Worker Representative to assist in implementing and communicating COVID-19 measures.
Often, the need to work from home posed considerable challenges to ensure safe and healthy working conditions, for which both employers and workers were not always prepared physically, mentally or infrastructure-wise. Regular communication about concerns and challenges experienced is essential to ensure cooperation between employers and people who are working from home.
A multinational aerospace company (Mercury Systems) has surveyed its workers regularly during COVID-19-induced teleworking, to identify areas of concern for workers and receive feedback
A software company based in UK (Sage) created a live anonymous poll for workers to report observations regarding OSH plans adopted to deal with COVID-19 pandemic.
