Discover Financial says employees can work from home through 2020

(Reuters) – U.S. payment services company Discover Financial Inc said on Friday it allowed employees to work from home until the end of the year.

Employees who wish to return to office on a regular basis will have the option to do so, once the company’s major locations have widespread precautions in place to manage higher attendance, Discover said in a statement.

“As a company we will not rush, nor will we expect anyone to return to the office before they are ready, ” Chief Executive Officer Roger Hochschild said.

The company said it will not exceed 50% occupancy in locations where employees return to work, as long as authorities recommend social distancing.

(Reporting by Abhishek Manikandan in Bengaluru)