Google is WFH for staff members until finally June 2021 globally, like India.Pixabay

As India carries on to struggle the coronavirus pandemic, Alphabet Inc’s Google mentioned that it would allow personnel globally, like India, who do not have to have to be in the workplace, to perform from home until eventually the finish of June 2021.

On Monday (July 27), the tech huge experienced said in May perhaps it would get started reopening more places of work globally as early as June this 12 months, but most Google workforce would probable operate from household until finally the conclusion of this yr.

Google Chief Government Officer Sundar Pichai manufactured the decision himself previous week following discussion among the an internal group of top executives that he chairs.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.Google Blog site

Several other businesses have also permitted most of their personnel to get the job done from house right up until the end of 2020 in a bid to safeguard them from the COVID-19 pandemic, with Twitter Inc proposing remote get the job done for some of its personnel indefinitely.

In the meantime, Covid-19 has infected 16,652,434 people globally and killed 656,678.

(With Reuters inputs)