Category: Covid

Regarding Update 86 about the increase in attendance from 20 September, we would like to clarify that this instruction applies to all employees linked to the offices of ROVI’s non-industrial areas, with the exception of employees considered at risk due to their health situation in accordance with the criteria established by ROVI’s Prevention Service.

Therefore, the following groups must return to face-to-face work in the same way as all the office employees in ROVI’s non-industrial area:

• Employees with work-life balance problems.
• Employees who have been excluded from face-to-face work even though they do not meet the criteria established by the Prevention Service to be considered at risk.
• Employees over 60 years of age.

To do so, they should contact their manager and coordinate their attendance at the office, in a proportion of 50% face-to-face work and 50% teleworking, ensuring attendance at least once a week at the work centre.

We remind you of the rest of the measures that will apply from 20 September:

Schedules
The transfer schedule remains as before:

• WHEN THE DAY IS CARRIED OUT WORKING FROM HOME (as well as breakfast breaks).
• WHEN IT TAKES PLACE AT THE VENUE: intensive shift (Flexible entry from 8-9 h. and departure 16-17 hours).

Canteens
The use of canteens continues as at present, restricted in the case of non-industrial office staff to the use of drinking fountains, vending or coffee machines.

Meetings
Physical meetings (between departments and with external personnel) will also be allowed in ROVI, but the maximum capacity allowed in each room will have to be respected.

Travel
In the same way, the realization of trips for work reasons is allowed. In both cases, meetings and travel, this committee recommends reducing both to the minimum necessary and continuing to make use of telematics applications where possible. It will be the responsibility of the heads of department to make decisions regarding meetings and travel that are necessary.

Mobility between venues
Mobility between venues will continue as before, with prior authorization from the head of the Department and notification to the covid-19 notification mailbox, avoiding possible excesses of capacity in our facilities.

The intention of this committee is to recover normality in our jobs safely and gradually, so these measures are provisional. If the evolution of the pandemic forces us to take additional measures, on October we will review these and other measures again.

Given the progress of the vaccination campaign in Spain and as we had announced before the holidays, this committee has decided to review the percentage of face-to-face attendance in offices that will go from 30 to 50%.

The positions marked with the green sticker will be occupied, which guarantee the maximum distance between employees. The departments will organize the corresponding shifts with a proportion of 50% of face-to-face work and telework, ensuring that the workplace is attended at least once a week.

This decision affects all employees linked to the offices of non-industrial areas of ROVI and will apply from Monday, September 20.

Schedules
The transfer schedule remains as before:

• WHEN THE DAY IS CARRIED OUT WORKING FROM HOME (as well as breakfast breaks).
• WHEN IT TAKES PLACE AT THE VENUE: intensive shift (Flexible entry from 8-9 h. and departure 16-17 hours).

Canteens
The use of canteens continues as at present, restricted in the case of non-industrial office staff to the use of drinking fountains, vending or coffee machines.

Meetings
Physical meetings (between departments and with external personnel) will also be allowed in ROVI, but the maximum capacity allowed in each room will have to be respected.

Travel
In the same way, the realization of trips for work reasons is allowed. In both cases, meetings and travel, this committee recommends reducing both to the minimum necessary and continuing to make use of telematics applications where possible. It will be the responsibility of the heads of department to make decisions regarding meetings and travel that are necessary.

Mobility between venues
Mobility between venues will continue as before, with prior authorization from the head of the Department and notification to the covid-19 notification mailbox, avoiding possible excesses of capacity in our facilities.

The intention of this committee is to recover normality in our jobs safely and gradually, so these measures are provisional. If the evolution of the pandemic forces us to take additional measures, on October we will review these and other measures again.

Unfortunately, the incidence rate of COVID-19 infections has increased alarmingly in Spain. For that reason, we remind you all of the importance of complying with prevention measures against COVID-19 infections.

1.- Which are the measures that I must continue to comply?

In ROVI:

·        Maintain the minimum interpersonal distance of 2 meters with your colleagues whenever possible.

·        Use mask at all times.

·        Hands hygiene.

·        Systematic and frequent ventilation of your workplace.

·        Prohibition of face-to-face meetings except in case of impossibility of executing the tasks in another way. In case they are essential to respect capacity and use of masks

·        Respect the rules on mobility between workplaces and canteens that we have established.

·        Keep isolation and quarantine when prescribed, either because you are diagnosed with Coronavirus infection (with or without symptoms), or because you have had close contact with someone with COVID-19.

In my personal life:

In addition, of all the above it is advisable to limit the number of people we meet in our social life, and choose whenever possible outdoor activities or in well-ventilated spaces.

Regarding the mask: as you know it is no longer mandatory to use the mask in open spaces, but as long as you can maintain a safe distance.

Ask yourself when this is really possible in the cities we live in. Most of the sidewalks we travel on have a distance of less than 2 meters, so it is not possible to maintain a safe distance. Be responsible and continue to wear the mask in case of any doubt of being able to keep your distance. Protect yourself and help protect others!

2.- Why is it important that you continue to comply with these measures?

Current evidence indicates that different vaccines against COVID-19 are effective in reducing symptomatic and asymptomatic infection, mild, moderate and severe disease, and mortality. However, it is known that the immunity generated by vaccines does not prevent you from getting infected again. This implies that even if vaccinated:

· You can get infected

· You can spread it to others

· The DELTA variant is more contagious and serious than the previous ones. Any oversight can make your family, friends and colleagues very sick.

For all these reasons, we ask you not to lower your guard and continue to comply as before with the prevention measures against covid-19 infections, both in Rovi and your private life.

Thank you all so much for your commitment, when you protect yourself you are protecting others!

As you may have heard in the press, the Government of Spain plans to lift the mandatory use of masks in outdoor spaces, provided that certain requirements are met.

However, for the moment in ROVI we will not apply this measure, so it will continue to be mandatory to use the mask in all ROVI facilities, regardless of whether they are indoors or outdoors.

The use of the mask is one of the most effective prevention measures against the transmission of COVID-19; hence we maintain the mandatory use of it.

Each of us must contribute to our personal protection and that of our colleagues.

Thank you all very much for the commitment you have shown to date in complying with all the measures, a commitment that we are sure will be maintained in the future.

Given the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, we announce that the infection prevention measures established in ROVI will be extended until September 15.

In addition, we are pleased to inform you that Rovi’s forecast is to recover a greater degree of normality in its operation as of September 15. If the epidemiological situation remains in the same positive trend that has been showing in recent weeks and the national vaccination plan is fulfilled according to the established schedules, we understand that, after the return from vacation, we will be able to relax many of the measures that we currently have in force to prevent covid-19 infections, increasing our physical presence in the Rovi facilities and recovering our ordinary work dynamics.

The details of these new measures will be communicated in the first days of September.

Finally, we remember that in the ROVIRocks COVID Channel you can consult all the mandatory rules, currently in force, differentiated by type of employee.