Tips for Workplace Safety While Operating with a Restricted Staff

If you are one of the many businesses that are operating with a skeleton staff during the coronavirus outbreak, you have a lot on your mind. Worries about reopening, making ends meet and how to keep your employees are enormous issues that you have to face. Essential businesses have been working this way for weeks and have learned a great deal about how to keep their businesses and employees safe while working in this new normal.

As states across the country begin to think about what reopening their economies might look like, it is clear that those that do open will need to adjust to the new way of life. Business owners will not only need to consider the state regulations for social distancing and other guidance provided by the government, they will have to figure out ways to secure their properties, employees and customers.

Tips for Workplace Safety While Operating with a Restricted Staff

The coronavirus outbreak has changed the way we shop, learn, socialize and work. Only those essential businesses are operating, with more to open their doors slowly as states consider relaxing some of the stay at home orders that we currently live under. If you have a business that is open or may be reopening in the near future, you must adjust to the new way of doing business. One such change may be the need to operate with fewer staff members.

With so many people unemployed and many buildings left vacant, businesses are a target for thieves and vandals more than ever before. And with fewer staff members, it can be a challenge for businesses to monitor for crime and other suspicious activity properly.

Follow these tips to keep your business safe and secure during these challenging times.

Remove valuables from view.

In uncertain times, people can do desperate things. Theft, looting and vandalism are not uncommon during crises. Don’t make your business a bigger target by showcasing your valuable equipment or merchandise in your front window. Thieves will know right away what they can score if they hit your store, making you a more attractive target.

Instead, move anything of value out of the store or at least out of view. While this might be a hassle in the short-term, it has the potential to save you time and money in the long-term.

Assess your current security systems.

If you have security systems in place, when was the last time you checked to ensure they were in working order? So many businesses have panic buttons, surveillance cameras and alarm systems that have been inoperable for years. Unfortunately, it only becomes an issue after a crime takes place.

Better protect your business and employees by checking your current systems. Get everything functional and up-to-date. Additional measures may include updating your internal and external lighting, posting alarm system signage and changing window and door locks.  

Train your employees.

One of your best assets when it comes to protecting your business is your employees. Not only does proper training ensure that you and your staff are on the same page, but it will instill confidence in them in the face of a threat. Identify new security protocols to address the current situation and post them for employees to see. Work with your employees to create systems - often, your employees are more aware of potential security threats than owners.

Hire security guards.

If you really want to secure your business, security guards are one of the most effective means of protection. More than cameras and alarm systems, a physical security presence on a property acts as a significant deterrent to criminals. It sends a message to would-be thieves that you take the security of your business seriously.

Commercial security guards can manage access to your building, perform mobile patrols and quickly respond to a threat. At Off Duty Officers, we can meet your needs during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing experienced, reliable and highly trained guards on a temporary basis, or whenever you need them.

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