5 best practices for a safe in-person workplace

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As vaccine efforts continue to progress steadily, the return to the office is seemingly imminent.

Thirty-five percent of workplaces do not have a firm plan for fully reopening their office. Sixteen percent, however, planned to reopen in Q1, according to a survey by The Conference Board. Hanging in the balance is the ability to have protective policies in place so that the workplace population feels safe.

Employers have no immediate plans to mandate vaccinations in order to return to the office, but they are sweetening the deal for employees who choose to.

While safety is a top concern for employers, 67% percent of employers believe mandating a vaccine would have a negative impact on employee morale, and 79% are concerned with resistance from employees as reasons they don’t plan to mandate them, according to a survey by law firm Littler Mendelson.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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