According to CNBC's Josh Lipton, Apple has yet to decide if it will require vaccinations for employees who return to work in October.Cook told Lipton, reportedly, that Apple is not primarily concerned about when employees will return but that the company is monitoring things daily to determine if a vaccination requirement is the right answer.. @tim_cook spoke w/ me yesterday about this same issue at @Apple: our main focus right now is on when to come backwe pushed it from early September to at least Octoberwe are monitoring things daily to really conclude whether that is the right answer or not https://t.co/zhBqwocynm Josh Lipton (@CNBCJosh) July 28, 2021Google announced today that all employees returning to its offices will be required to get vaccinated. It's possible that Apple or other tech companies may also take this step in order to protect their employees.Google employs more than 130,000 people. The vaccination requirement applies to everyone who enters one of Google's offices. Google, like Apple, has delayed a return of work until mid October.Apple originally planned for employees to return to work three days per week beginning in September. However, Apple announced earlier this month that employees would not be allowed to return to work until at least October.Due to the presence of the Delta variant, which can be more transmissible than the original COVID-19 strains, Apple and Google have delayed their office returns. This has resulted in an increase in infection rates throughout the United States.Apple will give at most a month notice to employees who are required to return home from Apple campuses.Some employees are not happy with Apple's plan to return to work. They have become accustomed to working remotely, and have found that many of their jobs can be done at home. While many tech companies will allow employees to work remotely for a while, Apple wants to bring employees back to the office. Apple believes that collaboration in person is vital to its culture as well as future product development.
