Freshfields Tells U.K. Lawyers to Stay Home Amid Omicron Fears

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising its lawyers and staff in the U.K. to work remotely beginning next week, following new pandemic guidance in London.

The announcement comes a day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the country to work from home as part of “Plan B” in response to the spreading omicron Covid-19 variant. The new variant is four times more transmissible than the delta variant, according to a Japanese study.

“The wellbeing of our people is uppermost in our minds,” a firm spokesperson said in an email. “Our agile policy of up to 50% remote working will not ...