During the COVID-19 pandemic, 70% of all employees [https://www.apollotechnical.com/statistics-on-remote-workers/] worked from home. Then, as vaccines began to roll out, workers slowly returned to the physical office, only to be confronted with the vaccine-resistant Delta variant. The new variant, plus the arrival of winter, is already leading

With the COVID-19 infection rate on the decline, and vaccination rates steadily increasing, companies worldwide are planning a return back to the office. But with any return to work during a pandemic, the worries will follow: Can workplaces be safe? And how do you guarantee that to your workers? >

Work has changed. Studies such as a recent report by Accenture show that 63% of high-revenue growth companies now embrace hybrid workforce models [https://www.apollotechnical.com/hybrid-working-statistics/#2-hybrid-work-models-are-used-by-63-of-high-growth-companies%C2%A0%C2%A0] , while 51% of employers prefer the hybrid working model. The ongoing pandemic has driven many office-based workers

Corporate offices are shifting from being workplaces to workspaces, according to Gartner analysts [https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/4-ways-for-cios-to-implement-hybrid-working-in-2021/] . Employees have become accustomed to the benefits (and drawbacks) of working from home, and there is a huge push for businesses of all sizes to adopt hybrid work models [https://www.

Companies the world over are going hybrid. Although the trend of flexible working was on the rise before 2020, the pandemic condensed years of progress towards flexible working into a few short weeks! Now, a survey [https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-07-14-gartner-survey-reveals-82-percent-of-company-leaders-plan-to-allow-employees-to-work-remotely-some-of-the-time] of major employers demonstrates that more

When going hybrid, a consultative, collaborative approach is likely to yield positive results the fruits of which can be benefited from by the entire company for years to come.

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the workplace has been seismic. Flexible working, Work from Home (WFH) and Work from Anywhere (WFA) were foreign concepts to most workplaces. We simply need to think back to pre-pandemic and pandemic ‘rush hours commutes’

As the US and many countries widen the eligibility & distribution of vaccines, companies now face the question of how to allow their workforce to safely return to the office during what may be called a transitional period between ‘pandemic’ and ‘post-pandemic’. Vaccine privileges are a solution to consider. Many