COVID-19: Half of managers think coronavirus restrictions are easing too quickly – poll | UK News

Half of managers (50%) believe the government is lifting restrictions on coronaviruses too quickly, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute.

Shared exclusively with Trevor Phillips on Sunday, it reveals that 39% think the changes are happening at the right pace, while 8% think they are happening too slowly.

Public sector managers were slightly more concerned than private sector managers.

And those working in manufacturing were more likely to say restrictions were easing at the right pace compared to those in business and other departments.

It comes as government guidelines for homeworking end in England from July 19, opening up the possibility for more workers to return to the office.

While eight in ten plan to bring at least some home-based staff back to base, the scale varies, according to the survey.

Only 13% of managers said they would ask all staff to come back.

Most seem to favor an approach that keeps a lot at home; 43% say they will ask some employees to come back, while 25% will ask most of the employees to come back.

However, a small proportion could face a permanent home office future, as 15% of managers said that none of their employees working remotely would be invited back.

The poll also showed the expected significant adoption of hybrid work – from 57% by March 2020 to 83% by July 2021.

And with some experts voicing doubts over an end to measures such as social distancing and mask wearing in England, employers are overwhelmingly saying they will keep anti-COVID measures.

Some 76% plan to maintain their current precautions, while only 2% intend to remove the guarantees. Twenty-two percent said they were not sure.

A growing number of people have been asked to self-isolate in recent weeks after being ‘pinched’ by the NHS COVID.

More than half …