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In other ways, many organizations
plan to stay flexible. More than half
— 51 percent — plan to continue
to allow staff members to continue
remote work if their position

accommodates it. Only 14 percent
said they were planning to return all
employees to the workplace with no
remote work options.

Far and away the biggest concern
for nonprofit employers weighing
return-to-work policies was
“mitigating health risks for staff.” But
the second most frequently cited
concern was more procedural: Forty-

seven percent said determining if
staff should be vaccinated before
returning to the office was among
their greatest concerns.

Lisa Brown Alexander, CEO of
Nonprofit HR, said the findings
demonstrate a need for nonprofit
leaders to prepare for the risk
that Covid could spread among

employees as more people return to
the office.

“It’s going to be really important that if you are contemplating having people back into
the physical workspace that you’re prepared to do some measure of health screening
on a regular basis. Have a process for when someone gets sick to notify people
appropriately while keeping in mind confidentiality and privacy,” said Brown Alexander.
“Those are all things organizations need to think about before they bring people back.”

Remote Work a Success

Most organizations — 62 percent — said their pandemic remote-work programs
were successful. Most of the rest — 34 percent — thought it was merely “somewhat
successful.”

What’s more, 78 percent of organizations said they “experienced unanticipated positive
benefits” as a result of the shift to work-from-home life.

Michael Theis writes about data and accountability for the Chronicle of Philanthropy,
conducting surveys and reporting on fundraising, giving, salaries, taxes, and more.

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