Measures continued in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic
[GRI 403-6] On 3 March 2020, the Bank’s Management Board appointed the COVID-19 Pandemic Action Coordination Team, which has held regular meetings and reported the action plan and status of the individual tasks to the Bank’s Management Board since its appointment. The COVID-19 Pandemic Action Coordination Team is composed of representatives of all areas of the Bank.
The area of the Team’s activities covers:
- ongoing monitoring of the situation in the country, adaptation of the Bank’s actions to the current government guidelines;
- organisation of the Bank’s operations during the pandemic;
- provision of hygiene products for branches and head offices;
- preventive measures leading to minimisation of the number of infections among Bank employees and clients;
- supply of laptops and mobile phones to all employees who are critical for the Bank’s continued operation;
- ongoing communication addressed to employees;
- strict monitoring of employee behaviours, support for employees and their families.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Action Coordination Team adapted the Bank’s activities to the pandemic situation in the country on an ongoing basis in 2021. The performance of the activities was monitored at regular team meetings and reported at Management Board meetings.
As a general rule, in 2021, employees of the Bank’s head offices worked in the hybrid model with the option of flexible adaptation (increasing or decreasing the time of working in the remote model) by unit heads.
The Special Support Fund for Bank Millennium Group Employees in the event of coronavirus infection and the necessity to cover the costs of treatment and rehabilitation was established in April 2020. Its resources were released on an ongoing basis at employees’ requests also in 2021.
In 2021, the Bank, together with the healthcare provider, coordinated COVID-19 and influenza vaccination for its employees.