# Walking pads

Type: Product

Source: HR & Workforce Intelligence Brief — https://gethrbrief.com/entity/walking-pads
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## Timeline

- **2026-07-01**: California RTO mandate begins — An executive order took effect moving more than 100,000 state workers from two to four in-office days, drawing union protests at the Capitol that same morning.
- **2025-08**: Fortune 100 baseline — Only about 1 in 10 employees at Fortune 100 companies were subject to five-day office requirements.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### RTO mandates now hit 50%+ of Fortune 100, erasing walking-desk habits
2026-08-23 20:32:46 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Return-to-office mandates have crossed a tipping point: more than half of Fortune 100 employees now face five-day office requirements, up from roughly one in ten a year ago. HR leaders must reckon with workers who built walking-desk and home-wellness routines during the remote years — and offices that lack the infrastructure to support them. California's shift of 100,000+ state workers to four days in office shows the policy friction ahead.
Full story: https://gethrbrief.com/story/walking-pad-era-ends-rto-mandates-fortune-100

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