Balancing In-Office and Remote Work: How Can We Fairly Support Employees with Family Concerns?

Hi all,

We have started our office with limited staff and rostering 1/4 of the staff every day. There are certain employees who are not willing to come due to family pressure, and some are out of town. They want to continue working from home.

What is the best policy that can be implemented for such employees who are not willing to come to the office so that those who are coming do not feel bad or unfairly treated?

You may devise the following payment policy:

1) Those who are not coming to the office at all may be marked as absent without pay.

2) Those who are on "WFH" can be treated as they are on duty. However, what measures do you have to ascertain that they are on full duty (meaning they are carrying out their duties as per the specified working hours of the company)? In such cases, decide a percentage of the salary by your company and disburse the amount to them.