Following the implementation of step 2.5 of social distancing to prevent the spread of Corona 19, major companies have also strengthened related measures, such as expanding telecommuting.

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which were unable to actively implement telecommuting due to the nature of work based on the manufacturing industry, decided to expand telecommuting.

Samsung Electronics will start working from home from September 1st in the consumer electronics (CE) and IT/mobile (IM) sectors.

Since the end of February, Samsung Electronics has been operating telecommuting for some employees, such as pregnant women and people with underlying diseases, and has expanded its scope to pilot operations in the CE and IM divisions following this re-proliferation.

It is known that it will be decided whether to further expand telecommuting after conducting a trial operation for employees who wish to work from home.

LG Electronics has also been operating'remote (remote) work' for all office workers from the 27th.

LG said that remote work is a remote work system that works anytime, anywhere, rather than simply working from home, and more than one-third of employees work remotely according to the situation of each organization, LG said.

Other affiliates, such as LG Chem and LG Display, are also working from home in rotation from mid-month.

SK Group and Hanwha Group are also working from home.

Major companies are also paying close attention to whether or not the social distancing has been raised in the third stage.

This is because if the distance setting is upgraded to the 3rd level, private companies are also advised to work from home except for the required personnel.

Accordingly, it is reported that in preparation for the three-step upgrade, we are conducting server inspections to expand telecommuting and selecting required personnel to attend the company.

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