Nonessential employees could still be working from home throughout the month of May — possibly longer — due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But employers need to have a plan in place to help keep employees healthy and productive once they’re finally allowed to reopen the office.
“Even though we don’t know when this is going to be allowed to happen, employers should already be thinking about what they’re going to do once their offices are open,” says David Barron, labor and employment attorney with Cozen O’Conner, a national law firm. “There’s going to be significant changes to the workplace; it won’t go back to the way things were before.”
