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There is no sign that the new coronavirus is coming to an end.
The government is asking companies to promote telework and reduce the number of people going to work by 70%, but this current situation is not going well...
Therefore, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has set up a website where you can check the status of telework implementation in order to understand who works from home to promote telework.
The target is about 3,800 listed companies.
In this article, we would like to introduce the specifics and how to easily manage and understand telecommuters for target companies.
What is the purpose of understanding telecommuters?
What can be checked on the website where you can check the telework implementation status of each company is the telework implementation rate of listed companies (unlisted companies are OK if you wish).
The purpose is to make it easier to compare between companies by disclosing information and encourage the expansion of telework. It may be difficult to say whether this alone will significantly improve the telework penetration rate, but for example, if a company in the same industry has a high telework implementation rate, but only the company itself is low, it may happen that they are in a hurry to improve.
In addition, it seems that the data will be used for students to choose a job.
Certainly, in this day and age, if you are looking for a job, I think that not only the type of job, industry, salary, and benefits, but also the working environment (whether or not you can telework) will be quite important.
If you are a company that focuses on hiring new graduates, you would definitely like to promote telework.
How do I understand and manage my telecommuters?
It turns out that the government has a trend to disclose the telework penetration rate of listed companies in order to promote telework.
So how can we actually understand or manage people who work from home?
There may be many companies that do not currently do anything or use analog management such as paper or Excel.
One thing I can say for sure is that you should definitely stop managing analog.
Don't you think it's old that while the way of working is changing due to the corona disaster, management remains analog?
And even the management side is time-consuming and difficult.
If you are about to start understanding and managing it, it will definitely be better to introduce IT tools and promote DX (digital transformation) of seat management.
What are the recommended tools for understanding and managing telecommuters?
What tools should we use to understand and manage telecommuters?
We recommend the business concierge tool "Colorkrew Biz".
Colorkrew Biz reduces nameless work ™ related to people, goods, and money.
Understanding and managing telecommuters can be solved by visualizing the seating chart.
How to Use the Seating Chart Feature
(1) Select the office map from the management tool
(2) Disclose the URL of the created office map to employees
(3) Seating charts can be viewed on each employee's PC.
(4) If it is difficult to find or if you are remote, search
(5) You can reserve a seat up to one month in advance.
More recommended features for understanding and managing telecommuters
PC and Smartphone Compatible
You can not only view the seat chart from either a PC or a smartphone, but also reserve seats.
Integrate with Microsoft Teams
Colorkrew Biz's seating chart is integrated with Microsoft Teams.
Select a person from your seat or search to filter a person to start chatting with them right away.
Attendance control is also possible
In order to avoid crowding as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, I think many companies have introduced hybrid work that mixes office and in-person work.
Colorkrew Biz is also effective against the new coronavirus.
When the attendance rate set in the management tool is reached, it will issue a warning and alert you.
You can also look back on the seat occupancy rate for the day in a report.
*If the set attendance rate is exceeded, an alert will be displayed.
It turns out that understanding and managing telecommuters can be easily done with IT tools.
For the approximately 3,800 listed companies that must disclose the telework implementation rate (and of course other companies), why not introduce Colorkrew Biz to eliminate the hassle of managing telework?
Please feel free to contact us.