Apple delays full workplace reopening and guarantees $1,000 gear bonuses

Apple has indefinitely delayed the date which company workers must return to the workplace, in keeping with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and NBC News’ Zoe Schiffer. CEO Tim Cook despatched an e-mail to workers on Wednesday saying the return-to-work date is “yet to be determined.” The firm confirmed to The Verge that the date hasn’t been decided. Cook additionally introduced that Apple could be giving every company worker $1,000 to make use of for residence workplace gear, each Gurman and Schiffer reported.

The delay comes as COVID-19 instances rise and the omicron variant begins to unfold. Workers have been beforehand set to return to places of work on February 1st in a hybrid work pilot introduced internally in November. That itself was already delayed; the corporate has shifted its plans prior to now.

Apple closed three retail shops this week in response to rising COVID-19 infections. On Tuesday, it started requiring clients to put on masks whereas inside its retail shops.