Are you at home? "Telework harassment"...

Are you at home? “Telework harassment”… June 25, 20:02

Recently, telework has the feeling of being firmly established. I think that many people have become accustomed to meeting through the computer screen, which connects their home and work. However, there seems to be some harassment to watch out for even when you're away...
(Yoshiyuki Nori, Reporter, Network News Department, Daisuke Narita)

Even at home, my boss...

Telework that does not go to the company. However, on the Internet, there are many voices of people who are worried about how to treat their boss.

"Out of the boss, telework entered were I do not Dondake trust I had laughed not say much Oke by connecting the camera" because "I do not know if they were work to people"
after the "corona, the work in the house of PC in telework I'm doing it, but my boss keeps watching with my PC's camera, which makes me tired many times more than usual.

And in some cases, a male boss repeatedly contacts female employees and asks them to turn the camera on unnecessarily.

"A hell like an uncle contacting a young girl with stickiness or zooming in and showing a face in vain.

"Turn on the camera"

A woman in her forties working at a welfare office in Tokyo has been working from home in the middle of April, using a video conference system.

One day, a woman was asked to turn on the camera when interacting with her boss.

I refused because the room was dirty, but he said he couldn't, and he didn't understand turning off the camera.

Also, even when the boss's voice could not be heard well due to the bad communication environment on the net, he did not hear that he could not say that.

After that, a woman who did not do telework. “I used to use a computer, so I thought it would be okay, but working from home is difficult.”

Until telework insurance

New harassment that appeared with the spread of telework. Large insurance companies have even begun to sell insurance to address corporate risk.

Among these, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance released this month covers the cost of compensation for mental distress and infringement of rights under employment contracts in case of employee complaints of telework harassment.

With the increase in the number of companies introducing telework due to the spread of the new coronavirus, it is said that the number of inquiries from companies is increasing because the insurance was created to cope with new risks.

"Show me your face" is NG

What should I be careful of so as not to cause such harassment?

Interview with Mizue Murata, Executive Director of the Japan Telework Association.

Mr. Murata often hears about the concerns about how to proceed with telework from corporate managers and others. "I think everyone is still in the process of groping for countermeasures," and what I emphasized as a special point is that the boss does not force the subordinates to "show their faces" through the WEB camera. ..

Mr. Murata,
“Forced to show your face with the camera can be a step into private life. You can also see your house through the camera, so it's NG.”

However, saying that turning on the camera is not all is not good, Mr. Murata says, the point is "how to say".

Mr. Murata,
“Communication in the workplace is very important. Managers are responsible for attendance management of their subordinates. For example, “Because I am worried about my health, I want to see my face for a while.” Isn't it important to talk to?"

In addition, Mr. Murata advised, "When the managers and their subordinates are separated, I would like you to try how far you should go."

Be careful of drinking parties

Harassment associated with telework. Some point out that you need to be careful not only in your regular work. It is an online drinking party that is spreading rapidly in the workplace.

According to a survey conducted by NTT Data Management Laboratories this April, more than half of the respondents who said "the number of drinking parties at their workplaces have decreased" said "it is preferable to remain reduced". I think some bosses plan an online drinking party to make up for the lack of communication through telework, but some people say that they don't have to, so be careful not to force yourself in the first place.

Mayumi Kato, Senior Manager of NTT DATA Research Institute, who conducted the survey, said as follows.

"Because I can participate in an online drinking party at home, it has a more difficult atmosphere to refuse than a traditional drinking party I meet outside. It is important to compensate for lack of communication at work, but it is necessary to separate work and private, so my boss Is important not to manage too much.''

In addition, the following points should be noted when the boss wants to hold an online drinking party.

○ Freedom to join or leave the room without forcing participation ○ Use not
only participation through the camera and voice, but also participation such as chat to make it easier to talk
○ By

telework that decides time so that it does not continue At home and at work, we can say that “unification” has progressed.

In the future, in order for telework to take root even more, it seems that it is important to draw a line between on and off between the superior and subordinate.