Two prominent Philadelphia personal injury firms that took strong stances on mandating vaccines and in-office work announced that nearly all of their lawyers and staff must temporarily return to working remotely.

Kline & Specter and Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky announced to employees over the weekend that beginning this week the firm would be going remote until at least Jan. 3. The moves are being done as a safety measure at a time when COVID-19 hospitalizations have begun soaring once again and the new omicron variant has started proliferating in the region.