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ARTICLE · 31 MAY 2020

CEO update: managing a return to the workplace

Three principles which are the framework for returning to work: be safe, be flexible & be in it for the long term.

AustraliaEmployment and HR

At Bartier Perry we're not seeing a return to the workplace as a return to normal.

COVID-19 has delivered a fundamental shift in our workplaces and wider society. It has challenged us on so many levels, but it has also provided the rare opportunity to accelerate our thinking on the world of work, the use of technology and the critical importance of human interaction.

How all of this exactly plays out and how long lasting those changes will be is unknown.

But in working with our people and our clients in the weeks and months ahead we're being guided by three principles.

Be safe:

We're aligning our workplace to the practical and well thought out Safe Work Australia guidelines. These cover everything from building access to sanitisers to social distancing. Being safe though is more than that. It's recognising different people will have differing levels of anxiety as business reopens. That means our clients and employees should feel welcome to express personal

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