Facebook delays January office deadline for workers with Omicron concerns

Facebook employees will not be summoned back to their company's offices come January 31 as was previously planned, following concerns over the rise of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. 

Instead, employees may continue to work from home until the pandemic meaningfully subsides. 

Meta, the recently renamed parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other subsidiaries, on Tuesday announced changes to the company's return-to-office plans, including its "office deferral program."