Google has announced that its staff will work from home until at least July 2021.

The change will affect nearly all of Googles 200,000 employees, including contractors and full-time workers, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news.

In a blog post in May, Google announced it would begin reopening its offices from early July this year. This was only to allow those staff who wanted or needed to come back, and was done on a limited, rotating basis, the blog said.

Google has stressed to its staff that coming back to the office would be voluntary through the end of the year, and we encourage you to continue to work from home if you can.

To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30 2021, for roles that don't need to be in the office. I hope this will offer the flexibility you need to balance work with taking care of yourselves and your loved ones over the next 12 months. Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, wrote in an email to employees

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