The widely diverging flashpoints of the return-to-work summer
Returning to the workplace is more complicated than the move to remote was last year. Just consider the feedback from the market. It’s all over the map.
The number-one hottest workplace-related topic in the summer of 2021 is the return to the workplace. It’s happening, sometimes in fits and starts, all across the country—and likely will be for the rest of the year. With that in mind, we curated three perspectives on the topic.
1. Most U.S. employers continue to encourage workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but 72% of them will not require vaccinations as a condition of coming back to the workplace. However, a significant majority of respondents in a new Willis Towers Watson survey say they’re taking steps to ensure workplace safety.
For example, more than eight in 10 survey respondents (86%) are offering scheduling flexibility, and 82% are communicating the value of vaccination. Also, 40% have launched programs to boost vaccination among populations less likely to get vaccinated, and another 21% are considering doing so.
Among the survey’s additional findings:
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