Creating a safe and healthy work environment has always been a lure used by employers to attract the best talent and motivate them to be comfortable and productive in the office. What has changed in the last year is what “safe and healthy” looks like. As we approach a year since COVID truly began making an impact in western countries, our commercial office buildings are now starting to take a long-term view of this new health and safety environment in order to give employees the confidence to return to work. The last year has proven that widespread work-from-home (WFH) is possible, now the buildings sector is striving to prove that safe and healthy workplaces are also possible in the post-pandemic era. A Pew Research Center study in December found that 71% of workers in the US are working from home, versus just 20% before the pandemic. While stay-at-home orders and corporate safety policies are the […]