Welcome to Ask an Adviser, EBN’s weekly column in which benefit brokers and advisers answer (anonymous) queries sent in by our readers. Looking for some expert advice? Please submit questions to askanadviser@arizent.com. This week, we asked Robert Chmielewski, co-founder and CEO of ShareSpace: What options do we have for safely returning employees to an office?
The conversation regarding the return to physical offices managed to generate a number of contrasting responses. Most employers remained set on eventually bringing staff back to the office — at least several days a week. On the other hand, while some employees look forward to regaining pre-pandemic work-life balance and in-person contact with colleagues, others are not keen to quit their home office. Health and safety concerns are one of the main causes of this resistance — and safety should remain at the forefront of the process of returning to the office.
