Some tech workers are slowly trickling back to the office now

Apple Inc. AAPL, -1.41% and Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR, 0.31% , for example, are allowing small pools of employees to return in what is expected to be a series of gradual phases, though companies are reluctant to talk. (Apple is reopening more stores, though the company temporarily closed some around the country in the wake of widespread protests and looting.) Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, -0.94% GOOG, -0.96% , meanwhile, is giving pockets of workers the option of using the office, beginning July 6, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a note to employees last week.

Select engineers and other workers began trickling back to Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif., in May, with the option of a nasal-swab test for COVID-19; requirements to wear masks and take temperature checks; limited weekly schedules onsite; and closed kitchens, according to a report by Bloomberg on Friday.

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