Only 18% of Firms Mandating Return to Physical Office by Hard Date: KMPG

Only 27% of the largest U.S. employers plan to return workers to physical offices “near term,” with most pushing back the reopening to later in 2021, KPMG found. It canvassed senior executives at 100 companies in September that collectively employ 5 million workers, finding 82% of companies are letting employees decide when they feel comfortable returning to the office. Only 18% are mandating that employees return to the office by a certain date. "Organizations are working on new measures to avoid exposing employees to undue health risks through widespread return-to-office initiatives ahead of available vaccines," said KPMG. Social distancing in the physical office is the most common practice being deployed at 52%, followed by contact tracing (48%) and daily symptom checks (44%).