No visitors. Health screenings. Face coverings.

Many companies are thinking through what returning to the workplace will look like in the era of COVID-19, and a new analysis by CBRE reveals that most are taking a cautious approach to reopening when governments allow them to do so. CBRE looked at 203 companies across the globe and identified several trends in how they are planning to return to in-person operations. More than half those companies, for example, aim to use touchless technology to eliminate the surfaces touched by multiple people. And the majority intend to provide face coverings to employees.

"Our analysis of our clients' return-to-work strategies shows that virtually all are engaged in detailed planning to ensure a careful and reasoned approach," said CBRE's Executive Managing Director of Consulting Karen Ellzey. "Most of these companies have established their own criteria for when to return to the workplace beyond local and state government requirements."