“Microsoft has remained, over the last few months, in a hybrid and flexible regime, favoring remote work, but allowing employees to visit the office when necessary, respecting security measures, namely: location booking, use of masks in spaces common rooms and meeting rooms, reinforcement of disinfection measures and implementation of social distancing policies, “an official source told Lusa, regarding the questioned on the subject.

The technology “continues as measures for this period, temporarily closing the office between 2 and 9 January 2022, in compliance with what was determined by the executive, which imposed teleworking in the so-called `contact contention week`”, stresses the same source.

“Microsoft employees are fully trained to perform their functions remotely and flexibly, which is why we prioritize the well-being and safety of everyone, fully complying with the recommendations of the Government of Portugal”, he concluded.

In the case of Zurich Portugal, the human resources director, Nuno Oliveira, said that a large part of the “500 employees have been teleworking since March 2020, even before covid-19 was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and so will keep “.

This was the way “we found to keep our people protected and also one of our contributions to the containment of covid-19 contagions” and what “he said over these almost two years was to ensure support structures that would help create the essential working conditions in the homes of each of our employees, which involves the provision of office supplies, computer equipment, among other various measures”, he added.

In addition, “because we are committed to the mental health and well-being of our employees, over this period we have developed several initiatives, from internal virtual events so that teams can be together, workshops` ranging from cooking classes to ergonomics at home, meditation meditation and, among many others, functional gymnastics exercises, “exemplified.

For the year, “when the pandemic allows, we will return to offices with a hybrid work model and a general recommendation of being, on average, two days a week in the office and three days at home, favoring some flexibility”.

The official said that the building in Lisbon is currently one building in order to adapt it to its hybrid work model.

“This new reality of the hybrid model and the rehabilitated office, based on the most advanced practices of sustainability, digitization, mobility and diversity and inclusion, will allow us to improve the experience and well-being of our people, while reducing our own organizational carbon footprint and, thus, we contribute to the sustainable development of the planet”, he said.

On the same topic, an official source at NTT Data Portugal pointed out that the company “has established a flexible, hybrid and dynamic work model, based on the trust and responsibility of each one, so that no major changes are anticipated with the recent measures announced. to control a pandemic”.

This is due to the nature of the model, “which allows us to easily adapt the work to the circumstances of the moment. Our priority continues to be employees and their well-being, so we will follow the authorities’ determinations and adapt the work model at all times. as necessary, “understood a source.

ALU // CSJ