Anjanee Naidu and Faraz Kourangi recently wrote about how employers, and in particular municipalities, can address the challenges of remote work through an effective onboarding process, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, fostering workplace culture, and mitigating risks such as time theft, moonlighting, and online harassment.
See an excerpt below:
Starting Off on the Right Foot: Key Considerations for Onboarding Remote Workers
Over the past five years, many municipalities have transitioned to remote work models and, in doing so, have encountered new challenges, such as workplace culture issues related to isolation, as well as time theft and online harassment. While remote workplaces present novel challenges at every stage of the employment lifecycle, the earliest and perhaps most effective opportunity to address them lies in the onboarding process. A well-designed onboarding process can mitigate risks for the municipality while fostering a positive work experience for the employee, setting the stage for a productive employment relationship.