An unwelcome guest is making its return to offices: the common cold.
, and"the vast majority is behaving as if there's no pandemic," Swartzberg says."The same things we can do to prevent Covid are the same things that'll prevent other respiratory tract infections."Companies ratchet up return to office and productivity warnings
As of September, 36% of organizations required workers to be in the office at least three days a week, up from 25% in August, according to a Gartner survey of 240 HR leaders —"even though our data shows working remotely, for those who can, does not negatively impact performance and culture," Walsh says. Still,"there's more pressure to get people in, and it's hitting at the same time as cold and flu and RSV season.
She also worries pandemic lessons on well-being are fading into the background:"In some ways, it's ridiculous we have to have this conversation," she says."You shouldn't come to work sick. And the last two years should have taught us that. Some return to normal is exciting, but returning to normal pressures to go into the office when sick is something I had hoped we left behind.
"When you rest, your immune system is in a better position to fight off any infection, get better and recover faster," she says.
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