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| 28 March, 2021, 02:19 PM IST | E-Paper
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    Companies ensure a safe office environment as they welcome staff back to work

    There will be a mix of plexiglass or other types of non-porous dividers as well as open workspaces with adequate distance between desks.

    Synopsis

    As colleagues reunite after almost a year and exchange stories of lockdown, companies that are opening up are taking strict measures to ensure the novel coronavirus stays outside the premises.

    When I got back to work this January after the lockdown, it felt like I was getting into a new city, an unknown place,” says Riya Dalvi, a senior general manager at Mahindra & Mahindra. The first few weeks felt really strange, she says, as people wouldn’t even come close to each other. Everyone was conscious of following Covid-appropriate behaviour. The company also promoted such practices. “Masks are mandatory, desks are kept apart and there
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