JLL sends all staff home after two employees test positive for Coronavirus
Staff working at its 31 residential and commercial branches and offices across the UK have been told not to come into work as two premises are deep cleaned.
Residential and commercial property giant JLL has told all its employees to work from home after two members of staff tested positive for Coronavirus over the weekend.
JLL says any clients who came into contact with the pair have been made aware of the situation and that, as a precaution the two offices they were based at have been closed and are in the process of being deep cleaned.
The two employees are said to be recovering from their bout of Coronavirus and JLL says it is ‘doing all we can to help them through this difficult time’.
“In the light of the rapidly worsening and changing circumstances of Covid-19, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what we’re doing in response,” an email sent to all clients by UK CEO Chris Ireland (pictured, below) says.
“Our priority remains the health and well-being of our people, our clients, our supplier partners and communities. We have robust contingency plans and procedures in place to provide continued services to our clients.”
The two Coronavirus cases were confirmed just hours after the company carried out a planned test closure of all its offices and branches on Friday.
JLL says it is well prepared for the Coronavirus outbreak because it established a ‘work from anywhere’ policy some time ago and that it is ‘confident that remote working at scale is achievable for extended periods of time’.
“Clearly in the short term we’re going to be talking more and meeting up less,” says Ireland. “I’ve asked our teams to get on the phone and support you in any way they can.”
The average deep clean is unlikely to achieve the level of hygiene you are hoping to achieve. To deal with viruses, bacteria, mould or yeast infections ‘environmental decontamination’ is required.
The very best cleaning operative will not thoroughly clean walls, windows, furniture, ceilings, lighting, the undersides of furniture, inside cupboards and drawers mechanical and electronic equipment manually and achieve the same as the new technology that we have to use. In acute care settings we have to achieve a 99.99% reduction in microorganisms airborne droplets surface pathogens of the variety I’ve mentioned. Deep cleaning is great but will make the place look like a new pin and clean but not to the level where proper decontamination is required.