Businesses tell their workforce to return to offices by Labor Day – or even sooner
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Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story gave incorrect figures for the number of Americans working from home in May 2020 and May 2021.
Many company executives, in a shift from early this spring, say they want their employees to return to their offices by Labor Day or sooner.
The move could pose a dilemma for workers who largely worked from home during the pandemic and have become accustomed to throwing in a load of laundry or walking the dog in between Zoom meetings during the day.
Last month, 40% of Americans said they preferred to work from home full time, compared with 35% who sought a home-office hybrid and 25% who wanted to go back to the office full time, according to a Harris Poll survey of 2,063 provided to USA TODAY.