As the UK government has unveiled plans to ease the Covid-19 lockdown and kick-starting the economy, here’s how you can keep your business ready. Companies that are reopening while COVID-19 continues may want to adopt a return-to-work service that can help them track employee health and assess risk.

From health assessments to point-of-entry screening applications like heat detection cameras, several companies are offering return-to-work programs and assistance for employees getting back to office.

Many companies that closed their doors when the COVID-19 pandemic started have now reopened in some capacity or are on track to reopen soon. To keep employees and customers safe, most businesses have adopted new practices,including mask-wearing, spacing out work spaces to accommodate social distancing, taking temperatures and much more.

While these practices provide peace of mind and help businesses meet government requirements, some companies may also want to invest in third-party software and services to add another layer of safety for employees. Dedicated “return-to-work” services can assist with streamlining health screening, risk assessment, COVID-19 virus and antibody testing and other important considerations.

Thermal cameras detect temperature by recognizing and capturing different levels of infrared light. This light is invisible to the naked eye, but can be felt as heat if the intensity is high enough. All objects emit some kind of infrared radiation, and it's one of the ways that heat is transferred.

Technology as a solution

The benefits of deploying technology as a solution, allows businesses to integrate processes quickly and provide an efficient solution that will handle the workspace and office environment throughout the pandemic period and beyond. In fact, new ways of working are here to stay and when employees do migrate back to the office, it will be to collaborate and get together with customers and teams. VoIP is that solution. Most people and businesses have widely recognized that their day to day can happen from the home office or a third space – at least for part of the week.