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Survey: 12%of At-home Workers Skip Video Due To Lack of Clothes
By Ben Hooper
March 26 (UPI) - - A survey of stay-at-home workers in the United States suggests 12 per- cent of workers have kept their cameras switched off dur- ing video calls duetoalackof clothing.
Mentimeter, an interactive pres- entation tool, announced it commissioned a survey of 1,500 people working from home amid the COVID-
19 pandemic and found 12 percent of respondents
admitted to keep- ing their video cameras off dur- ing meetings on Zoom, Skype
or Google Hango uts because they were naked or only partially clothed.
The company also said 44 per- cent of those sur- veyed admitted they dressed in more profession- al attire specifi- cally for video meetings, while 16 percent said they had re- arranged their homes to look more profession- al in the back- ground of a video call.
A total 11 percent of respondents reported seeing "something that they considered unprofessional" in the back- ground of a coworker's video call.
The survey also suggests 56 per- cent of workers feel their opinions are heard less in video calls than during an in-per- son meetings and 25 percent believe their con- tributions aren't being acknowl- edged as much as when working in an office.
PhiladelphiaPoliceTo Stop‘Non-Violent’ Arrests DuetoCoronavirus
Philadelphia police officers have been instructed to stop making arrests for what are consid- ered to be “non-vio- lent crimes” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
An email sent to the city’s officers on Tuesday tells them to only tem- porarily detain indi- viduals, confirm identification, and complete neces- sary paperwork. The individual will then be arrested at a later date on an arrest warrant.
The list of offenses
now considered “non-violent” include burglary, narcotics offenses, prostitution, auto theft, vandalism, theft from persons, among others.
“We are supportive of Commissioner Outlaw’s directive on making arrests during the Coronavirus crisis. The directive was released to keep officers safe during this public-health crisis. Meanwhile, violent offenders will be arrested and processed with the guidance of a police supervisor,”
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5 President John McNesby told Fox29 in a state- ment.
Users on Twitter compared the unprecedented halt to policing to the film “The Purge” and “Grand Theft Auto” video game.
The move comes as the number of cases of coron- avirus in
America jumped m ore than 1,200 over the last 24 hours to go along with over 100 deaths.