A new survey by KPMG reveals that most companies are letting employees come back when they feel safe, and that will likely remain the case until there's a COVID-19 vaccine in wide public use.
According to the firm's Return to the Workplace survey, only 27 percent of employers plan on returning to office-based employees at physical locations anytime soon, with most saying they're not planning to reopen until later on in 2021. The survey included senior executives at 100 US companies, representing approximately 5 million employees in total.
The vast majority of companies surveyed (82 percent) told KPMG that they are letting employees decide when they are comfortable to return to the office. Just 18 percent are mandating employees return by a certain date, as of now.
