My employer is already sounding out people's feelings on potentially returning to work once restrictions are eased. They plan to have a maximum of half the employees in the office at a time, and won't pressure anyone to come into the office if they feel uncomfortable for the time being. This in a company that is operating very effectively with all its staff* working from home.
My best guess would be somewhere around late May/early June before a relaxation begins generally, but with heavy social distancing measures.
And I think there'll be a phased return to schools from after what would have been the Whit half-term holidays, too. Not sure what they'll do with infant/primary kids (other countries have prioritised these, and there's the Iceland study suggesting they are less likely to spread infection), but I know that in secondary schools, the main educational concern is to get Year 10s and 12s back ASAP so they don't fall too behind for their GCSE's & A-levels next year.
We cannot carry on like we are for that much longer, and that is becoming an entrenched opinion amongst more and more people.
* some - the IT guys, the FD, the facilities manager, a couple of department heads - have been in almost as much as they've been at home, apparently
Originally Posted by: Saint Snow