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Plan B | Office returns AXED as 'work from home' COVID guidance re-imposed in England

Office returns AXED as 'work from home' COVID guidance re-imposed in England

HR experts have reacted in their droves to the return of Covid restrictions which will see thousands of workers in England return to remote working from December 13, 2021.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the measures on Wednesday at a Downing Street press conference broadcasted by the BBC, widely referred to as ‘Plan B’, in response to rapidly rising rates of the Covid variant Omicron.

As well as re-imposing rules on face masks in most public places (December 10, 2021), and Covid passes (December 15, 2021) for certain venues, advice to work from home has also made a return.

‘Well placed to respond to change in guidance’

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