What: Amazon will allow many tech and corporate workers to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can commute to the office when necessary. It is a change from Amazon’s previous expectation that most employees would need to be in the office at least three days a week.

Why it is important: Company directors will have discretion to allow teams that they manage to continue working remotely.

Amazon’s update to its return-to-work policy followed similar moves from other big technology companies. Microsoft announced last month that it had postponed reopening its offices indefinitely.

Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely, indefinitely