As Covid-19 safety restrictions loosen, many employers are urging workers to return to the office after nearly two years (or more) of remote work. Employers have questions about what they can and cannot require of their returning employees—especially when it comes to requests for continued remote work and handling vaccine mandates.

Below are some steps to help guide the back-to-office process. By offering some flexibility, employers could gain a competitive advantage in recruiting and hiring.

Steps to Success

Employers can take the following five steps when returning employees to the office to ease the process both for workers and employers.

1. Determine which positions need to return to the office and how many days a week your employees are required to be in the office.
2. Determine and implement proper Covid-19 safety protocols necessary for returning employees to work and ensure all safety policies are uniformly followed and enforced.
3. If you do not have a clear, comprehensive accommodation policy to address employee concerns on returning to the workplace, develop one. Train your managers and supervisors on the policy,...

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