Ford postpones the return of 30,000 workers to the office due to Covid-19

Ford Motor Co. is pushing the return-to-office date to March due to concerns about the new Covid-19, the company said on Monday (6).

Assembly-line workers returned to work in May 2020, but many offices continued to work remotely due to the pandemic.

Office workers were preparing to return to the office next month, but the new Ômicron variant has changed the company’s plans.

“The status of the Covid-19 virus remains fluid, and despite the success of our ongoing safety protocols and increasing vaccination rates, we are moving the start date of the hybrid working model to March,” said Dan Barbossa, spokesperson. voice of the company.

This decision will affect around 30,000 employees.

“We will start with a pilot phase for selected employees in February and March, we will expand it so that all non-location dependent team members can begin flexibly working between Ford campuses and remote options,” said Barbossa.

Ford became the first of the three big US automakers to impose vaccines on the majority of its 32,000 employees in the United States. These workers have until December 8 to be fully vaccinated.

Last week, Google changed its January return-to-office date to 2022.