The difference was also shown by the fact that 24 percent of lower mid-market companies say they have no employees working remotely while that applied to only 5 percent of the bigger firms. Slightly more than half of all businesses with multiple locations plan to reopen all locations within the next year; 29 percent plan on reopening most locations while 7 percent said that applied to “just some”. Of respondents with single locations, 45 percent, typically in the lower mid-market, have already reopened or plan to reopen while 46 percent had been deemed essential and never closed. The study was conducted between  July 8 and July 23, before the recent resurgence in virus cases. At that time, 86-percent reported a two-week decline in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in their workplace location and surrounding areas. The most common safety measures taken were testing with 83 percent of executives indicated testing was at least somewhat important while 65 percent provided workers with personal protective equipment.