Chattanooga area employees shift to at-home work as coronavirus spreads
On a typical workday at
But starting Monday, most of the more than 6,000 BlueCross employees in
"We're transitioning virtually all of our employees across all locations to work from home from
With local schools and universities shut down or moving to online courses this week amid growing fears over the coronavirus pandemic, major
Unum spokesperson
Spencer said on Friday Unum restricted all business travel for employees, as well as in-person meetings of more than 25 people.
At the headquarters of
"Although all employees are important to our success, we've identified roles that are key to our day-to-day efforts to support our drivers and customers across the country," company spokeswoman
Even before the coronavirus hit, Global Workplace Analytics estimated more than 5 million employees, or 3.6% of America's workforce, regularly work at home at least half of their workday. The number of people who regularly work from home has grown 173% since 2005.
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