Lyft pushes back staff’s return to office until 2023 at earliest

Rideshare firm Lyft is allowing workers to continue working remote for the rest of next year, and among the tech giants making a U-turn on returning to office in the face of a new Covid-19 variant. — AFP

Lyft Inc. said employees can work remotely for the entirety of 2022, a reversal of its previous mandate and one of the longest office-return delays among major companies.

The second-largest US ride-hailing operator revised an earlier requirement for workers to be back at their desks in February.