Ford delays return-to-office plans to April

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is once more delaying its return-to-office plans for almost all of salaried workers.

The automaker most not too long ago deliberate to convey again a bulk of non-site-dependent workers as a part of a brand new hybrid work mannequin in March. That date is now being pushed again to April, a spokeswoman instructed Automotive Information Tuesday.

“For greater than a yr now we have been making ready to launch our new hybrid work mannequin the place non-site dependent workers can work flexibly between Ford campuses and distant choices,” Spokeswoman Monique Brentley mentioned in an e mail. “Given our ongoing security protocols and vaccination charges, our campuses will start welcoming further crew members onsite starting in April.”

Brentley mentioned Ford did start a pilot part for some salaried employees in February and can proceed that this month, though the vast majority of employees will not be required to come back in till April.

The brand new hybrid work model will permit employees to enter places of work solely when obligatory. Ford mentioned it was redesigning its workplace area to higher accommodate this new manner of working, with an emphasis on extra collaborative areas and crew areas.

Ford final yr imposed a vaccine requirement for many salaried employees, and whereas the deadline was pushed again, it finally went into impact January 28.