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Q.14 Considering we may be in the situation of working remotely for a while, is this
WfH model sustainable? Is WfH a work arrangement that could be considered in the
long term?

VI. DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG) – SCOPE

Q.1 In your view, how SMART companies should react to the “new normal” – like
Work from Home (WfH) arrangement, under COVID?
Q.2 When adopting WfH arrangement due to crisis like COVID, what are some of
the key obligations companies have towards their employees?
Q.3 What could be a company’s biggest concern with a high percentage of its
employees working remotely?
Q.4 As an apex body of PSEs has SCOPE in any manner facilitated/contributed
towards improving the resilience of companies during the COVID crisis?
Q.5 How many member organisations of PSEs have a WfH policy? What guidance,
if any SCOPE provided for its members to draft a WfH policy? In your view, what
women centric and/or gender specific aspects a company’s WfH policy as
response to COVID must include?
Q.6 Statement: Due to WfH, many women are now more than ever faced with the
burden of “double syndrome”: e-managing their paid work with unpaid caring
responsibilities thereby risking falling behind in their work/careers. How true is this
statement?
Q.7 In light of this statement, please share you views whether COVID induced WfH
arrangement require companies to become more empathetic towards supporting
their women employees?
Q.8 Statement: WfH can act as a deterrent especially to women employees’
promotion and leadership aspirations. How true is this statement?
Q.9 In your view, does WfH arrangement require changes in company’s system of
appraising employee performance? Do you perceive that employees who had to
work from office will be at an advantage than those working from home during
appraisal?
Q.10 How does a company implement and meet its responsibilities concerning an
employee’s health and safety if they are working from home?
Q.11 In your view, does the process of decision-making works effectively in a
company while it is supporting/implementing remote work culture? What could be
the possible challenges?
Q.12 Considering we may be in the situation of working remotely for a while, is this
sustainable?
Q.13 As an apex body for PSEs, what would you suggest as mechanisms, and with
respect to which areas of work, to be in place so that companies can assess
potential risks and define responses in such eventualities like COVID?

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