Author: Paula Sartini

South Africa is officially in lockdown in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. While this means that many companies will have shut their doors during this time, others have implemented work from home strategies to maintain their operations and meet their customer’s needs. Many businesses have developed business continuity plans (BCP) to mitigate risks and reduce the impact of a crisis. Further, they would have conducted a business impact analysis (BIA) to determine which functions are critical for the company to remain in business. However, the COVID-19 lockdown is the first time that many companies will be implementing…

Technologies have been gearing us up for the remote workforce for years, providing solutions that can equip employees to work from anywhere in the world. However, according to Owl Labs 2019 State of Remote Work[1] report until now only 44% of global companies have embraced the remote workforce. The notion of work from home has never been practised to the extent that the current situation calls for it to be. On the back of the news that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and President Cyril Ramaphosa setting the scene for South Africans to take precautions to protect themselves…