How UK businesses responded to the COVID-19 crisis

The study of businesses in UK, US, UAE and Singapore revealed that by 11 March, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) had officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, 83% of businesses had already taken some form of action to support employees. Two to three weeks before local lockdown policies were put in place. A third (31%) had already given employees the option to work remotely and 44% had issued health tips to employees. The research, carried out by Aetna International amongst office workers across the four markers, found that larger businesses (with 5000+ employees) were quicker t...