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Goldman Sachs will lift all Covid-19 requirements at most offices starting September 6 in an effort to encourage its employees to return to offices more than two years after the pandemic.
According to a memo sent Tuesday and obtained by CNBC, the bank will no longer require its employees to be vaccinated in the office or to check in and wear face coverings. This policy applies to most offices, with the exception of offices in Lima and New York City.
According to the memo, unvaccinated employees in New York City still need an approved medical or religious exemption to enter the bank’s office spaces.
The news from Goldman Sachs comes as companies worldwide are grappling with how to balance Covid-19 restrictions and the desire to bring workers back in person more than two years after the shutdown began. motion.
It should be noted that the memorandum does not specifically require workers to enter the office. Instead, it encourages employees who haven’t been to the office to talk to their manager to make sure they’re complying with “current return to office expectations”.
The bank also said it will continue contact tracing efforts but expects to end its program to distribute free antigen test kits at its offices by the end of 2022, according to the memo. .
– Leslie Picker contributed reporting
