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The move is in keeping with the 14-day at-home quarantine that agencies such as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are suggesting for travellers who return from China. Employees are being asked to limit interaction and monitor their health over the two-week period.
ET has learnt that German technology giant Bosch<\/a> and US software products firm Citrix<\/a> are among two firms that have mandated work-from-home for employees returning from China. Other global technology firms that had high instances of employees travelling to China are adopting similar measures.
“The number of employees travelling to China each year will be in the high double-digits, with some people making multiple trips as well,” said a senior Bosch employee, adding she did not know how many employees might have been asked to work from home after returning from China recently.
India has over 1,100 GICs<\/a> (Global Inhouse Centres) and while most companies serve US or European markets, electronics manufacturers such as Bosch, Harman, Blaupunkt<\/a> and others have significant exposure to China. This makes China one among the top-three most travelled to locations for employees after their own headquarters, multiple employees and managers in tech firms told ET.
An executive from an enterprise travel company said that while China is not the most-visited location for employees from Indian tech companies, there is higher exposure for employees of smartphone manufacturers and hardware firms in India. Others said that GICs with sister concerns in China also see a fair bit of travel of employees from India.
A senior executive at the automotive technology major Harman told ET that emails were sent to employees a few days ago asking them to manage work via video conferencing and on restrictions regarding their travel to China.
Harman, which has a good number of employees in China and sends staff members on assignment from India, told ET that it has been closely monitoring the situation and advising employees.
\"Harman is closely monitoring and assessing developments on the outbreak on a daily basis. We are heeding the advice of governments and the World Health Organization in regard to air travel and when our employees in China can safely report to work. We continue to provide travel safety guidance to our employees around the world and will take every appropriate measure to protect our employees,\" said a company spokesperson.
Bosch and Citrix did not respond to ET's queries until the time of going to press.
Industry analysts say the technology sector has seen business impacted due to delays in important meetings and some employees in China not resuming work.
\"We hear that important meetings (are) being delayed and employees who had gone to China for Chinese New Year have not come back to work,\" said a Bengaluru-based HR industry expert.
Sanchit Vir Gogia of Greyhound Research said some of the large technology services companies are also likely to get impacted as many Japanese natives are located in China and are servicing their Japanese clients.
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此举是为了与14日家庭检疫机构如美国疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)建议从中国返回的旅行者。员工被要求限制交互和健康检查在两周的时间。
等获悉,德国科技巨头博世和我们公司的软件产品Citrix在两家公司授权在家工作的员工从中国返回。其他全球科技公司员工有很高的情况下前往中国采取类似的措施。
“员工的数量每年前往中国将在高两位数,与一些人多次旅行,“博世的一位高级雇员说,添加她不知道有多少员工可能会被要求在家工作最近从中国回国后。
印度有超过1100新加坡政府投资公司(全球自身的中心),而大多数公司服务于美国或欧洲市场,电子产品制造商如博世,哈曼,Blaupunkt和其他重要的中国。这使得一个中国零售业中大多数前往地点后为员工自己的总部,多个科技公司告诉员工和经理等。
企业旅游公司的一名高管表示,虽然中国不是最常光顾的位置从印度科技公司为员工,员工有更高的风险敞口的智能手机制造商和硬件公司在印度。其他人则表示,新加坡政府投资公司与妹妹担忧中国也看到了不少旅游的员工来自印度。
哈曼汽车技术主要的高级主管告诉ET邮件几天前发给员工要求他们通过视频会议管理工作和限制对他们的旅行到中国。
哈曼,很多员工在中国和发送工作人员分配来自印度,告诉ET,它一直在密切关注事态发展,建议员工。
“哈曼是密切监测和评估日常疫情的发展。我们听取的建议各国政府和世界卫生组织关于空中旅行,当我们在中国的员工可以安全报告工作。我们继续提供世界各地的旅行安全指导我们的员工,并将采取一切适当措施,保护我们的员工,”该公司的发言人说。
博世和Citrix才回应等的查询将新闻的时间。
行业分析师表示,科技行业已经业务影响由于延迟重要会议和一些员工在中国没有恢复工作。
“我们听到这个重要会议(是)被推迟和员工去了中国春节没有回来工作,“Bengaluru-based人力资源行业专家说。
Sanchit梵Gogia灰狗的研究说,一些大型技术服务公司也可能会影响许多日本人都位于中国和日本服务他们的客户。
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