Only 68 percent of employees feel safe at work
An interesting study on employee perceptions and feelings about workplace health and safety reveals that a majority of office and home office workers in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East do not feel safe in the workplace in buildings with 500 employees.
Honeywell has published a study showing that a majority of workers in buildings with more than 500 employees in the U.S., U.K., Germany and the Middle East do not feel completely safe at work. The number is even higher among employees who increasingly work from home offices (75 percent), it said. According to the survey, employees are particularly sensitive to criteria such as air quality and compliance with safety lines during the pandemic. Fifty-six percent of the 2,000 employees surveyed expressed concern about becoming infected through airborne transmission rather than touching surfaces.
More top measures desired
Many respondents even believe that buildings with outdated ventilation systems are more dangerous than colleagues who do not follow safety guidelines. Specifically, more than half of employees believe that building management has not taken the necessary steps to ensure workplace safety, the release further concludes.
In England, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Middle East, users expect employers to have to invest more in building technology in the future. Other top measures that employees want more of include Social Distancing concepts or mandatory masks, followed by health screening protocols or body temperature checks, and improved cleaning procedures. No survey results are currently available for Switzerland.
Source: Honeywell
