{"id":56137,"date":"2020-08-28T23:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uk-pressures-workers-to-return-to-the-office-as-cities-become-ghost-towns\/"},"modified":"2020-08-28T23:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T20:39:00","slug":"uk-pressures-workers-to-return-to-the-office-as-cities-become-ghost-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-pressures-workers-to-return-to-the-office-as-cities-become-ghost-towns\/","title":{"rendered":"#UK pressures workers to return to the office as cities become \u2018ghost towns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#UK pressures workers to return to the office as cities become \u2018ghost towns\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 28, 2020 |<\/span> 4:39pm <\/p>\n

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\n LONDON \u2014 The British government is encouraging workers to return to their offices amid concerns that the shift to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic is hurting coffee bars, restaurants and other businesses, leaving city centers virtual \u201cghost towns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative government plans to roll out a media<\/a> campaign next week that will encourage employers to show staff members what they have done to protect them from COVID-19 and make it safe to return to traditional workplaces.<\/p>\n

Transport Secretary Grant Shapp<\/a>s said Friday this was the right time for many people to return to their offices because their children will be going back to school next week. He also said prolonged isolation from friends and colleagues is taking a toll on workers, particularly young people.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor many people\u2019s mental health, it is important to return to a safe workplace. So that\u2019s why workplaces are being made COVID secure over the summer, and for a lot of people it will be the right time to return,\u2033 Shapps told the BBC. \u201cOthers, I accept, will carry on in a much more flexible way than they did in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Confederation of British Industry has warned that office closures are taking a wide toll on the economy as traffic plunges at shops that rely on walk-in business. That impact was demonstrated Thursday when sandwich shop chain Pret a Manger announced plans to cut about 2,800 jobs around Britain after sales fell 60%.<\/p>\n

The British government should expand coronavirus testing and highlight efforts to reduce virus transmission on trains and buses to encourage people to return to their offices, the CBI said.<\/p>\n

It also claimed that bringing workers back into the office is also a matter of fairness, because many people can\u2019t work from home and young people, in particular, are often forced to spend long hours in tiny apartments. The group represents 190,000 businesses employing more than 7 million people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe costs of office closure are becoming clearer by the day. Some of our busiest city centers resemble ghost towns, missing the usual bustle of passing trade,\u2033 CBI Director General<\/a> Carolyn Fairbairn said. \u201cThis comes at a high price for local businesses, jobs and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fairbairn told Times Radio a \u201chybrid\u2033 approach that combines remote working with time in traditional workplaces was needed to help workers adjust.<\/p>\n

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Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest Group, described such a model last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be quite careful and thoughtful about how we bring people back into offices and evolve office space,\u2033 she said. \u201cWhat we\u2019ll see is a bit more of a hybrid working model, and that\u2019s something we\u2019ll work on very carefully.\u2033<\/p>\n

More than 50,000 staff members of NatWest Group will keep working from home into 2021.<\/p>\n

The government has been nudging people back to work for several weeks but economic pressures are intensifying.<\/p>\n

Treasury chief Rishi Sunak has ruled out extending a government program for furloughed workers beyond October as he seeks to jump-start a moribund economy. The government program covers up to 70% of the wages of furloughed workers, as long as employers promise to bring them back to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a limit, just in human terms, to remote working,\u2033 Shapps said. \u201cAnd there are things where you just need to spark off each other and get together in order to make progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

But many workers are reluctant to return to the office with COVID-19 cases on the rise again and Britain already having the highest confirmed virus death toll in Europe at over 41,560 people.<\/p>\n

The government recorded 1,522 new daily infections on Thursday, up from a low of 367 on July 12. The figure is still far below the peak of 5,488 cases reported on April 22 but experts say all those numbers undercount the true impact of the pandemic due to limited testing and other factors.<\/p>\n

Unions are urging employers to be flexible and recognize that the world of work has changed. Dave Penman, general secretary of the union that represents top civil servants, said government ministers are sounding like \u201cdinosaurs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMillions of employees are working from home very successfully whilst employers are recognizing that the world of work has changed and are embracing it,\u201d he said in a tweet. \u201cThe genie won\u2019t fit back in the bottle, best not try.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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