Apple is starting to change its mask requirements for its employees. As Bloomberg, vaccinated company executives will not be required to wear masks in offices where “local indoor mask mandates have been lifted,” while masks will be optional for retail workers in “a small number of locations” starting Friday, the publication reports.
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Just last week, Apple began easing mask requirements for customers at its stores in several states. Employees were still required to wear masks, but it appears Apple is starting to relax those rules for some. The company previously dropped mask requirements for some stores and offices in June, but reinstated them in July.
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It's not yet clear when Apple plans to fully reopen its corporate offices. The company indefinitely delayed its planned Feb. 1 reopening in December, with CEO Tim Cook telling employees in a memo that a return-to-work date had not yet been set. When that Feb. 1 date was announced, Cook outlined a hybrid work pilot program where most employees would initially work one or two days in the office and later be asked to work in the office on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
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Google Bay Area employees will return to their Bay Area offices in April, also working in a hybrid model. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawaltold staff that his offices will fully reopen on March 15, and Meta plans to do the same on March 28. Microsoft fully reopened its headquarters on Monday.
