Bloomberg Industry rolls back return to office policy

The union that represents journalists at Bloomberg Industry Group sent out the following announcement on Friday:

Dear Colleagues,
As you likely gathered from this morning’s HR Update, INDG has decided to roll back its forced return-to-office policy after 15 breakthrough cases were revealed by onsite testing conducted this week in the Arlington office.
New cases are reported on the BHome page at https://confluence.bna.com/bhome/home/news-video/covid-19/covid-19-case-info, and one additional positive test has so far surfaced today after the HR Update.
Christina Correira clarified for us this morning that the policy change (n.b. “if you are more comfortable working from home, you should do so”) applies to employees at both the Arlington and K Street locations.
The Guild is pleased to see this action taken to protect employees and their loved ones, but we are disappointed that it took so many positive tests to prompt it.
In solidarity,
Jason Albright
Unit Chair

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.