LinkedIn remote-staff OK

The majority of LinkedIn’s 16,000 employees will be allowed to work remotely full-time, the company said Thursday in a policy reversal.

But workers who relocate from cities like San Francisco and New York to cheaper locales may have their pay docked based on local market rates, the company told Reuters.

LinkedIn — which is owned by Microsoft — had said last October that employees would be expected to work from the office at least 50 percent of the time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

The news comes as tech companies and their employees squabble over remote work rules.

Apple has told employees they will eventually be required to work in person at least three days per week, although it has pushed back the returnto-office deadline until at least October.