Apple is urging retail staffers to work remotely amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases, casting doubt on a full resumption of in-office work in 2020.
Although the Cupertino tech giant began to reopen stores in mid-June, a resurgence of coronavirus cases in some parts of the world have prompted the company to roll back the operation. More than 80 retail locations have since re-closed in the U.S.
In a memo shared with Apple retail staffers seen by Bloomberg, Apple’s people and retail chief, Deirdre O’Brien, urged Apple Store employees to start working from home and added that the company would send COVID-19 test kits to directly to them.
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