As the surge of Covid infections in December and January due to the Omicron variant continues to recede, media and entertainment companies are starting to update their return-to-office plans.Major talent agency WME reopened its U.S.
offices in LA, New York and Nashville and welcomed workers back. Other agencies tell Deadline their plans are still to be determined, but it’s an active conversation. (Production, of course, has its own set of considerations and safety protocols, which were just extended through April 30.)Media companies are taking various approaches, though many have committed to resuming traditional in-person activities like the TV and digital upfronts and NewFronts in New York this spring.
In a memo to employees Thursday, Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish said the company would implement a phased return to offices where 50 or more people work.
Starting on the week of March 21, the company (which just rebranded from ViacomCBS) said workers would be asked to report to offices once a week for a four-week period.“In the U.S., the data indicate that we are moving past the Omicron surge, with infection and hospitalization rates declining nationally and health care capacity recovering from peak levels this winter,” Bakish wrote. “Based on our review of the latest health data, we have also validated that there is lower risk for a vaccinated population like ours.”Discovery and Lionsgate plan to have workers return to offices three days a week starting February 28, with the other two days being remote.Fox Corp.
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