Employers’ Group Recommended Office Space Quiet Rooms

A leaflet published by the Employers Forum on Belief (EFB) advises employers to provide staff ‘quiet rooms’ which should be inclusive spaces that all employees can use for a variety of activities.

The organisation points out that giving employees a place to spend time can increase staff motivation and job satisfaction, therefore increasing workforce productivity and staff retention. Activities that the quiet room could be used for include meeting preparation or a comfortable office space away from your desk to sit with a laptop.

Other suggestions are that a quiet room could provide a space for employees of different faiths to pray, and suggestions for provision of screens to enable separate gender prayer to take place, as well as religious artifacts that can be put away in a cupboard afterwards, and nearby wash room facilities could be considerations. It may also be of value to consider the orientation of your room as, if the room would be used for faith groups for prayer, direction is important so you would need to be mindful of the location of the doorway.

The important feature of these office quiet rooms that the employers’ group mentioned is to keep a neutral colour scheme and not to exclude any employees through the décor of the office or the office furniture included in the quiet room.  All employees should feel welcome in the office quiet room. In addition, if there are certain activities you would not encourage employees to do in the room, such as taking an afternoon nap, it is a good idea to produce an office policy or fair usage policy to ensure all employees understand the terms of usage of your office quiet room.

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