Labor Day was supposed to herald the return to the office. But did anyone say which year?

The Delta variant has turned the Covid-19 recovery story on its head. The 7-day average number of new cases on September 1, 2021— more than 503,000 — was four times the amount on the same day the year before, according to Oxford University's Our World in Data site. 

The upsurge has caused some major companies to put off their plans to have employees return to the office. Compounding the situation are labor market pressures for hybrid work models and less time in the office.

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