LONDON (UK) – Britain’s government will launch a media campaign this week asking people to return to their workplaces, echoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s calls to get economy back in shape.
According to data, only 17% of workers in British cities had returned to their workplaces by early August.
Johnson’s spokesman said, while commenting about the government’s ongoing public information campaign, “The next stage we’ll look at is specifically the guidance on how to get back to work safely and we expect to see that later this week.”
The spokesman said Johnson’s message is that returning to work will help stimulate the economy.
The government is hoping that with the reopening of schools, parents will get back to their workplaces after working from home for a long time.
Around 4.6 million working households in Britain have children under the age of 16. If all of these households were left with no choice but to make changes to their working arrangements so as to provide childcare, it would have affected one in seven workers in the UK.
Many economists are afraid that there could be a sharp rise in unemployment as the government is bringing its huge job retention scheme to an end.
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