For many employers, the last 15 months has been a forced
experiment on whether large segments of their workforce are able to
effectively and efficiently work from home. Some employers have
been surprised by how smoothly operations can run with employees
working remotely. Other employers have learned that work-from-home
arrangements – especially combined with childcare
responsibilities and distance learning – have been a real
struggle for some staff.
At this point, until restrictions are further lifted, employees
who can work from home should be doing so and, even then, many
employees will not feel safe returning to the workplace until we
are closer to herd immunity or, at the very least, a significant
percent of the workforce has been fully vaccinated. This will
hopefully occur by early fall with Trudeau having pledged that all
Canadians who want to be vaccinated will have their two jabs by
September. To be prepared, employers should decide upon and
communicate their
