Apples new COVID-19 policy calls for frequent testing of unvaccinated employees

As Apple conducts an all-hands meeting today, Zoë Schiffer reports that the company informed employees in its offices and stores of a new policy around COVID-19. Starting next month, any employees who are vaccinated can come into its spaces while doing some testing for the disease, while those who aren’t will have to get frequent testing.

The company’s updated guidelines appear to line up with the OSHA standards that will be established as a result of the Biden Administration’s push to increase vaccination rates.

Apple recently pushed back the date when it expects employees to return to its office in response to a surge of cases and the Delta variant. An email in August said the mandatory return is delayed until at least January 2022,...

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