As employers weigh vaccine guidelines and adjust their office returns, they also face a more immediate challenge: How will they celebrate the holidays as Omicron spreads? After a year of email and Slack correspondence, corporate teams had been eagerly anticipating holiday parties. But as New York City’s new Covid cases rose significantly after party invitations went out, dozens of companies scrambled to cancel their plans.Updated Dec. 17, 2021, 11:15 a.m. ETVincent Chee, head of people and culture at Bevel, a communications consultancy with 30 employees, had started making arrangements for the company’s holiday celebration in late September: It would involve a scavenger hunt, a make-your-own snow-globe session and hot cocoa. Last week, when an employee tested positive for the virus, the company shifted to virtual celebrations.“We’re going back to basics,” Mr. Chee said, describing his plans for online yoga and meals that employees can expense on food delivery websites like Seamless …
