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Apple Joins Microsoft, Google in Delaying Office Return as Omicron Looms -Breaking

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By Dhirendra Tripathi

Investing.com – Apple (NASDAQ:) has joined the fast-expanding list of companies that are either delaying the return to the office or putting it off indefinitely till the world has a tighter grip on Omicron.

CEO Tim Cook sent a memo to staff Wednesday informing them of the company delaying its corporate return-to-office deadline from February 1 to a “date yet to be determined.”

Microsoft (NASDAQ):, the second-most valuable company after Apple’s iPhone-maker had canceled its September return-to work date. Uber (NYSE) and Alphabet (NASDAQ), among others, delayed their return.

Apple has previously delayed its office-return plans several times, with some staff rebelling on occasions against the company’s desire to reopen offices. Many Wall Street companies and Silicon Valley businesses have been opposed to the reopening of their offices as well vaccination mandates.

On Tuesday, six United Airlines employees filed a U.S. Appeals Court request to stop United Airlines from imposing unpaid time on their staff.

In Apple’s case, the latest decision comes the same week the company restored its mask mandate to all U.S. retail stores and temporarily shut three locations because of rising virus cases among employees, according to Bloomberg.

Omicron, which is “of concern” according to the World Health Organization has been identified in over 60 countries. It now outnumbers Delta in many countries. Omicron is a more prolific species than Delta. This has led to several countries imposing restrictions on people’s movement as well as business activity. 

Wednesday saw the U.K. report 78,610 cases of coronavirus in new cases. This is the largest number of such cases since the start of the pandemic. It also marks a jump of close to 40% from Tuesday

 

 

 

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