While the COVID-19 pandemic may not be over, Apple is apparently making changes to its COVID-19 policy.
Zoë Schiffer has offered the following about the situation in a recent tweet:
Apple is making changes to its Covid-19 policy, and will stop mandating employees test before coming into the office. It’s also rolling back its special sick leave policy, which previously allowed for unlimited sick leave for workers experiencing covid symptoms.
Schiffer also followed up with this:
Testing policy rolls out Jan 30, sick leave ends in August. Until then, employees get a maximum of 5 days sick leave, if they test positive for Covid.
Apple has made revisions to its COVID-19 testing and remote work policies over the past several months, and this comes as no surprise.
In April 2022, Apple’s corporate employees started returning to in-person work after two years of remote work due to the pandemic. Employees had to work in person one day a week. A month later, this requirement was increased to two days a week. Since September of last year, Apple employees have been required to work in person three days a week.
It’s unknown as to how this will affect in-person events such as media announcements or WWDC 2023, and if they’ll return to being open to the public as opposed to virtual.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via @zoeschiffer and 9to5Mac