Companies ready to move their focus onto employee wellbeing

In a short space of time, companies audited what was needed. Now it is expected 60% of workers will continue to work from home for the time being.

Cognate Health's new CEO, Paula Cogan; with company founder, John Gallagher; new non-executive director, Professor Mary Horgan; and newly appointed chairperson, Noel Creedon.

Managers and staff across a range of Irish companies have been very efficient in developing new Covid-conscious work strategies, says Paula Cogan, the newly appointed CEO of occupational health provider Cognate Health.

“Most employers had to very quickly move the majority of their teams to remote working, in many cases providing their staff with the technology, wifi, chairs and desks to work safely from home,” says Paula Cogan, who was previously the global head of sales at hotel group Doyle Collection and who is also the current president of Cork Chamber.