LA County's $70 billion pension fund delays its return-to-office plans after staffers tested positive for Covid-19
The pension fund has pushed back its return-to-office date to October.
The pension fund, the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, has pushed back its return-to-office date to October, having previously scheduled it for September 13, CEO Santos H. Kreimann told Insider. Kreimann had earlier disclosed in a memo on the pension fund's website that two employees at the pension tested positive for the virus this summer, while another was exposed to a person who contracted Covid-19.
Lacera's announcement comes as companies are scrambling to adjust their return-to-office plans to take the highly contagious Delta variant into account.
"We continue to evaluate whether this step will be necessary, but we would like to determine the impacts of our COVID-19 employee education program and the legal questions raised by these mandates before making any final decisions," Kreimann wrote.
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