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By Lawrence White
LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Around 1,000 Barclays
staff who had returned to office-based working in recent weeks
will revert to working from home following guidance from
Britain's government on Tuesday, a spokesman for the bank told
Reuters.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told people to work
from home where possible and ordered bars and restaurants to
close early to tackle a fast-spreading second wave of
COVID-19.
Around 22,000 Barclays staff have remained working in its
offices worldwide throughout the pandemic, as designated key
workers needed to keep the financial system ticking over.
Banks including Barclays had in recent weeks begun to return
more staff to office-based working, mainly in Britain where the
government had earlier encouraged more people to resume their
daily commutes to support city centre economies.
More lenders are expected to follow suit, telling all but
essential staff to revert to working from home, a source at
another big British bank said on Tuesday.
(Reporting By Lawrence White, Editing by Sinead Cruise)