AMONG THE LESSONS THAT THE omicron variant of COVID-19 has taught executives is that despite remote-working, mask-wearing and vaccination policies, so many employees can still get sick that production and bottom lines alike take a hit. "We see higher levels of absenteeism," Northrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President Kathy Warden said on Jan. 27 while discussing 2021 financial results. "We encourage people to be out of work if they're experiencing any symptoms, and we also isolate people who have been in close contact. As a result, absenteeism has been higher in these surges, and it has an impact, particularly in our high-rate, high-volume production lines where people are in closer proximity and where whole work cells might be impacted if we have one person sick or out."
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