With the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine across the UK, lockdown measures are slowly being lifted – meaning the potential return to the workplace is drawing closer. Tensions remain high among the workforce, however, and a majority of employees have indicated that they would complain or leave their firm if their bosses ignored Covid-19 safety measures upon their coming back to the office.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, offices have largely been shuttered throughout the last year. During the lockdown, the vast majority of workers were either furloughed, or carried out their duties remotely, as all non-essential services were order to close themselves off from public access.
During that time, there has been ample time for the polling of employee sentiment regarding the fabled ‘return to normality’ that has been said to be on the horizon at various points during the crisis. Each of these surveys has ultimately made it clear that workers are wary about the health risks posed by rushing back to the office, and are largely unwilling to go “back to normal,” with the…
