Rekall Technologies Keeps Law Practices Prospering With Growing Remote Workforce

Rekall Technologies Keeps Law Practices Prospering With Growing Remote Workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed how the American workforce views operating as a part of the American workforce. According to a June study from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), “42% of the U.S. labor force is now working from home full-time,” while only 26% are still working in-person. Most staggering is that, given the progression of the pandemic since the SIEPR study, the number of remote workers has likely increased.

This type of unprecedented change to the workforce affects industries across the board, but law offices are having to take particularly hard looks at the future of their industry. With sensitive information, and engagement towards that information, being the cornerstone of their business,  having a dedicated IT Managed Services Provider is critical for understanding the unknown outlook for remote legal practice. Rekall Technologies ensures that productivity and streamlined results remain uncompromised due to the world’s new normal, and that all of your business potential can continue to be maximized from home.

How Can We Stay Productive and Keep Business Alive At Home?

67% of lawyers and law staff hope to remain remote once the coronavirus pandemic has run its course. In order to maintain productivity during a pandemic and beyond, employers must foster increased communication and visibility, while also eliminating business interruptions by ensuring maximum security and technological support. Using industry recommendations, in tandem with Rekall IT solutions, will guarantee a continued seamless transition to an office-less reality. But how exactly is this done?

Entrepreneur recently indicated that the integration of communications and management tools has become one of the top resources for maintaining productivity in an increasingly isolated world. “Communications-based SaaS platforms have now transformed into ‘virtual offices,’ where employees, especially those working in different time zones, can talk both one-on-one and in groups. Particularly, Microsoft Teams and Slack have become some of the most important spaces for daily activities and team interactions and team building.”

Working outside of the safety net of an office setting with dedicated servers can pose potential issues for the continued use of essential platforms like Teams, but Rekall eliminates the need for your firm’s servers by creating a virtual private cloud. With the implementation of Virtual Desktops, Rekall hosts all of your firm’s data and applications, including document management and time-logging, making them accessible anywhere, from any device, along with an integrated Hosted Exchange email platform, allowing for unlimited mailbox storage.

Can We Really be Secure at Home?

While a securely-supported Teams platform is paramount for productivity, no platform’s convenience can compete with physical circumstances. Not all remote offices are created equal, and as such, The American Bar Association has recommended that firms need to exercise increased latitude and understanding with regards to home workspace, and their relationship to privacy and security. Forbes echoes this sentiment, citing experts encouraging employers to take the time to understand what works best for each individual, and to recognize that working from home brings a unique set of challenges for employees caring for children and other family members.

Some employees may have a dedicated home office with a door that assures privacy, while others may need to work at a kitchen table in a noisy, crowded home. In an office, employers have the power to shape the workplace experience and culture, but the pandemic has had to turn that dynamic on its head.

So while an employee’s household may not always provide the most optimal conditions for privacy and security, an employee’s network and workstation can, through the use of VPN’s. A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, provides an encrypted link from a remote employee’s device to their firm’s network, affording the ability to safely deliver sensitive information. Rekall’s enterprise-level firewall offers “256-bit encrypted VPN tunnels between offices for secure remote access, as well as [the ability to] manage multiple internet service provider connections for an automatic internet fail-over scenario.”

When it comes to HIPAA compliance, the firewall offers the ability to allow network connectivity to only pre-authorized firm devices, thus securing against rogue devices, while also blocking email spam, viruses, malware, spyware, and Ransomware. Accordingly, when sensitive phone calls are not an option at home, employers can rest assured that their employees’ work is secure, allowing workers to remain productive and engaged without fear of potential technological roadblocks.

Pay Special Attention to the Coveted ‘Work-Life Balance’

The final measure employers can take to ensure that security, productivity and engagement remain elevated in a remote environment is by paying service to the practice that has come to define employment in 2020; “Work-Life Balance.”

Given the nature of working and living in the same place, the line between professional and personal lives may blur, and some employees may feel an obligation to be “on” 24/7. MIT notes that remote workers tend to work longer hours.

As Forbes also notes, employers and managers can curb these tendencies by setting limits and creating structure for at-home employees, adjusting schedules based on personal responsibilities, as these practices can make a substantial difference in an employee’s relationship with their work. Moreover, employers should still be sensitive to needs for time off, despite employees working from home, considering the potential added responsibilities of families being home indefinitely. Encouraging breaks and time to recharge is critical.

Rekall Technologies Helps Take Away the Added Pressures of Remote Work

Running a law firm outside of an office is difficult enough, but, in conjunction with Rekall Technologies, law firms no longer need to be constrained by misconceptions about feasibility. Supporting law firms by taking over all technology responsibilities and implementing the very best technologies since 2010, Rekall’s primary goal has always been lowering law firm technology anxieties and minimizing firm tech management. Removing the frustration of tech management from partners and firm administrators’ day-to-day allows remote firms to focus on primary operations, lightening the load of conducting business in a remote ecosystem. Rekall Technologies is serious about providing you with the most comprehensive IT solutions available today, so call 1-800-554-4166, or visit rekalltech.com to learn how to optimize your remote business.