Telstra says all its Australian-based office staff, excluding call centre workers and other essential employees, will work from home from Monday.

Key points: The arrangement will remain in place until the end of March at a minimum

The arrangement will remain in place until the end of March at a minimum Telstra says there are no cases of COVID-19 within its team

Telstra says there are no cases of COVID-19 within its team Telstra events have been cancelled, including the remainder of the Telstra Business Women's Awards

The telecommunications giant is also cancelling non-essential domestic air travel and meetings of more than 25 people.

In a statement released on Friday, Alexandra Badenoch, Telstra's group executive for transformation and people, said the arrangements would "remain in place until the end of March at a minimum".

"With global events now unfolding very quickly, we've made the decision to move to full work from home arrangements for Australian-based office staff effective next week," the statement said.

"We want to highlight that this is not due to a case of COVID-19 within our team.

"This unprecedented situation requires decisive action, and it's important we are flexible and ready to adapt to this evolving situation.

Ms Badenoch said Telstra retail stores would remain open and call centres staffed.

"It is important to note there are some essential operations which cannot be fulfilled remotely, including store and field teams, call centres, and some other functions," she said.

"We will continue to have additional procedures and safeguards in place for teams not able to work from home."

As well as domestic travel, Telstra events have been cancelled including the remainder of the Telstra Business Women's Awards events.

The announcements come two days after Telstra introduced a policy to give permanent, fixed-term and casual team members access to additional paid leave up to 14 days, should they need to take time off work because of COVID-19.

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