One receives many invitations to join training courses that deal with the labour market and distance learning. These courses show how employees and workers in institutions can work remotely using modern technologies and digital tools. Today everyone foresees that with the continuation of this pandemic, the use of tools for remote work has become urgent and necessary in light of the approaches adopted by commercial and educational institutions in response to the ongoing pandemic.
The current situation requires institutions to develop their training and educational resources to suitably equip their employees with the skills necessary to enable them to carry out their assigned responsibilities remotely while keeping themselves safe from the virus. Likewise, parents need to equip their children for distance learning.
Today, life does not require the presence of employees in person at the workplace. Indeed, many marginal jobs can either be dispensed with or deferred temporarily. But in all cases, it is important for companies and institutions to ensure their workers enjoy a safe and healthy environment supported by the requisite digital tools to perform their tasks virtually. Indeed, schools, colleges, and universities have all embraced this new virtual reality as well, thus contributing to continuity of business and education.
However, it is also imperative that a capable back office technical team is available to ensure that the platforms and technologies deployed to enable remote working or online teaching to respond swiftly to any technical glitches or unforeseen developments.
With many countries still some way to go before they fully vaccinate their local populations against the coronavirus, any early return to normal life or business as usual is not likely.
Remote virtual work will continue to remain a feature of our daily existence until we eradicate the virus behind the pandemic, which has killed more than 4 million lives around the world, while exposing millions of others to the disease. Employers and institutions must continue to support the training, rehabilitation and development of workers who need to adapt to the new reality that requires them to work remotely.
At the same time, experts have called for organisations to continue to focus on prevention and precaution in the face of the ongoing threat from the virus epidemic in terms of promoting hygiene, use of sanitisers, safe distancing, and other protocols necessary to keep their staff safely. It is this combination of modern technologies and safety precautions that can help businesses and their staff continue to play a productive role amid the ongoing pandemic.
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