Company leaders are preparing to re-open offices closed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. But they are also considering major changes to the workplace environment to keep employees safe. Many companies will be deploying devices aimed at recording workers’ body temperatures and providing personal cleaning products when employees return. But that is just a start. Some businesses are considering complete office redesigns to reduce the risk of a second wave of infections. Long lines of seated work spaces may be replaced with individual employee areas surrounded by plastic and glass barriers.
Title: Companies Re-Think Office Design to Better Protect Workers
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4195/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Companies Re-Think Office Design to Better Protect Workers' data-article-id='4731'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9500'>Company leaders are preparing to re-open offices closed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.</span> <span data-start-time='9500' data-end-time='18854'>But they are also considering major changes to the workplace environment to keep employees safe.</span> <span data-start-time='18854' data-end-time='32771'>Many companies will be deploying devices aimed at recording workers’ body temperatures and providing personal cleaning products when employees return.</span> <span data-start-time='32771' data-end-time='35958'>But that is just a start.</span> <span data-start-time='35958' data-end-time='46146'>Some businesses are considering complete office redesigns to reduce the risk of a second wave of infections.</span> <span data-start-time='46146' data-end-time='58917'>Long lines of seated work spaces may be replaced with individual employee areas surrounded by plastic and glass barriers.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4195/many_companies_will_be_deploying_devices_aimed_at_recording_workers__blank_.wav'>Many companies will be deploying devices aimed at recording workers <span class='blank'>body temperatures </span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='body temperatures '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4195/work_output.wav'><span>work output</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4195/arrival_time.wav'><span>arrival time</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4195/weight.wav'><span>weight</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4195/body_temperatures_.wav'><span>body temperatures </span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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