March 13, 2020, 3.45pm

Travel Advisory: All inter-office/branch travel suspended with
immediate effect, split teams and remote-working policy being tested

As the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread, to protect the wellbeing of its staff the Sharekhan management has put a stop to all inter-office/branch travel till further notice. As a precautionary measure, it has started the preparations for implementing split teams to work from different offices and is in the process of identifying employees who can work from home.

It is important to understand that the virus can spread easily in densely populated places like packed trains or buses and railway stations. A conscious effort on our part to reduce close contact between people can help limit the spread of COVID-19. Hence, the less number of employees come to work, the greater will be the distance available between the employees who are unable to work remotely. The employees who can work from home must not travel to work in the interest of protecting the health and safety of their colleagues who cannot work from home. Employees who need to work from home will be informed.

Each and every employee is hereby directed to adhere to the dos and don’ts of inter-office travel and social distancing:

• All business related events and gatherings have been cancelled.
• All picnics, team outings including those for corporate social responsibility or team-building activities, business or reward related lunches etc have been postponed indefinitely.
• All staff are advised against changing their office or branch locations. He whose workstation is, for example, at Ruby in Mumbai should continue to work from there and not travel to any other Sharekhan location until further notice.
• No staff should travel to other locations for meetings or gather in large numbers at any location to conduct meetings. All are advised to participate in work related meetings via phone, Webex or videoconference.
• Employees identified to work from home will continue to do so and not move to any other office locations.
• Employees who would be identified to work from alternate locations like Empire Plaza and Ruby in Mumbai will not move to base locations (from where they generally operate).
• Similarly, employees sitting in one branch must not travel to any other branch till further notice.

Please contact your manager and/or HR business partner for further information.

Coronavirus se khud ko hi nahin auro ko bhi protect kar, Sharekhan kar