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New Report Warns Boston Office Values Could Drop 45%, Cost the City $1.7 Billion

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A new Boston Policy Institute report warns of serious challenges ahead for Boston’s commercial real estate market and city finances. This decline is expected to widen the city’s budget shortfall from $135 million this year to over $550 million by fiscal 2029, totaling $1.7 billion in losses over five years.

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Colleges Are Struggling With Generative AI. The Workforce Could Pay the Price.

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Yet, like many institutions, New River is still in the early stages of developing a formal AI policy. Ayersman and his colleagues are now analyzing frameworks from state agencies, the federal government, and major vendors as they work to shape a policy that meets New Rivers unique needs and constraints. Still, theres movement.

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New Report Shows Telework Boosted Federal Employee Morale After Years of Decline As Policies Are Under Review In Washington

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The Federal News Network reports that this improvement comes after several years of declining scores, which had previously been described as a “warning signal” for agency leaders. The report ranked federal workplaces based on size categories including large, midsize, and small agencies. out of 100, which is a 2.3-point

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Innovation Depends On Intentional Design For Hybrid Work

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According to our report, employers are less confident this year (76%) than in 2023 (81%) that their workplace enables employees to be innovative. Now more than ever, companies are clinging to arbitrary RTO policies, desk-sharing ratios, and space guidelines, which very well may be idiosyncratic to their actual needs.

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Deloitte Expands Employee Wellness Perks To Include…Lego Sets?

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The new policy, detailed in internal documents and reported by Business Insider , increases the flexibility of Deloitte’s wellness reimbursement initiative. A wave of contract reductions — at least 127 federal agreements altered or canceled by April 2025 due to federal budget cuts — has led to workforce reductions.

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Portugal’s Revives Tax Breaks To Attract Skilled Foreign Workers

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It’s a major policy decision that The Financial Times reports will not be reinstated alongside the tax policies. Reuters reports that the tax breaks , which were initially designed to help Portugal recover from the financial crisis, had drawn over 74,000 beneficiaries in 2022 alone. billion euros.

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France To Test Four-Day Workweek, Exclusively For Divorced Parents Sharing Custody

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France is set to trial a four-day workweek exclusively for divorced parents who share joint custody of their children, marking a unique step towards introducing reduced workweek policies in the country. Participants in the pilot program will work extended hours across four days to maintain the standard 35-hour workweek.

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