Along with the likes of ‘furlough’ and ‘unprecedented’, the word ‘bubble’ has become one of the pandemic’s buzzwords. It’s normally used in reference to COVID-19 restrictions, ie ‘you can only meet indoors with people within your bubble’.
An addition to this, though, bubbles are an effective way of preventing the virus from spreading amongst your employees, particularly if your business employs a lot of people. It is essentially a way of dividing your workforce into groups of people who will be working together, keeping them separate from other employees with whom they are less likely to need to work alongside.
Splitting your team into bubbles helps with the management of any positive COVID-19 cases within the workplace, as it reduces the amount of contact people have with others. This prevents larger numbers of staff being forced to isolate as a group in the event of a positive case, ultimately reducing its impact on the business.
You could create these bubbles in line with departments, or by which area of your premises the people work in.
It will likely be possible for managers to further divide their teams by forming the smallest practical groups which can be achieved. A micro-bubble may be formed by people working on the same shift pattern or within the same confined area, for example.
Even when in an assigned bubble, it is important that social distancing guidelines are still adhered to where possible, so as to protect colleagues and their families.
Bubble management is just one of many ways of creating a COVID safe workplace. If you’d like to find out more about measures and products you can utilise to protect your team, get in touch with Covid Safe UK today.
