From Apple and Google to Indeed, COVID-19 variants delay the return to office
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In the spring, as COVID-19 vaccination rates rose and the pandemic ebbed, employers began planning to bring workers back to the office, anticipating a broad return to some semblance of "normal," or at least traditional work life, by early September.
But with the rise of the highly contagious Delta variant, many corporations are now putting those plans on hold and extending the work-from-home period indefinitely, out of concern for employees' health and safety. For example, iPhone maker Apple has said it will postpone calling its employees back to the office, according to reports. The tech giant is pushing its deadline for workers to resume their in-person jobs to October, at the earliest, from September, Bloomberg reported, citing people at Apple familiar with the matter. Apple did not immediately reply to CBS MoneyWatch's request for comment.Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.