Remote work

In the U.S., 69% of people are working either fully remote or hybrid, according to Future Forum’s latest Pulse report.

Companies demanding people back to the office could see more employees leave their jobs soon, according to a new report from the ADP Research Institute.

While research shows that most Americans prefer remote over in-person work, the transition from the office to home has caused new challenges to productivity.

Companies are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new omicron variant adds another level of uncertainty

After working in Hawaii for nearly a year, the medical director for the Boston Public Health Commission is back in Massachusetts. The NBC10 Boston Investigators first reported Dr. Jennifer Lo’s remote arrangement in February. At the time, Lo told NBC10 she moved to Hawaii to be closer to aging parents and was prepared to step down from her role....

Dr. Jennifer Lo, medical director of the Boston Public Health Commission, is back in Massachusetts after working in Hawaii for nearly a year.

Toward the end of Wednesday’s Boston mayoral debate, moderator and NBC10 Boston Evening News Anchor Shannon Mulaire peppered the five candidates with questions, from who’s vaccinated to who’s been a customer at one of Boston’s pot shops.

The five candidates for Boston City Council took a series of rapid-fire questions at the end of the first televised debate in this year’s election, including who else they’d vote for on the debate stage, whether they’ve been vaccinated and who’s bought from one of Boston’s pot shops.

For months, most employers relied on information campaigns, bonuses and other incentives to encourage their workforces to get the COVID-19 shot. Now, a growing number are imposing rules to make it more onerous for employees to refuse, from outright mandates to requiring the unvaccinated to undergo regular testing.

These ten states may be perfectly fine places to live, but they come up short if that life includes working from home.

Companies around the U.S. are scrambling to figure out how to bring employees back to the office after more than a year of them working remotely

Working from home has its benefits – no shoes, no commute, (no real pants? ). But if you are starting to feel WFH fatigue, you’re not alone. Hannah Donnelly caught up with Boston yoga instructor Taryn Burns to learn three easy ways to fight any mind and body burnout.

Pac-Man sits dark in the gaming area of Rapid7’s offices in Boston. The worldwide cybersecurity company moved in nine months before the pandemic sent everyone home and onto Zoom. CEO Corey Thomas is now looking at bringing people back. “We’ve learned that we can actually do a lot to actually work across the world in a much better way...

Many have spent the last year working from home, but as COVID-19 cases start to drop, some things will be going back to normal.

As companies increasingly adopt extended work-from-home policies, it could be years before recent graduates step foot in an office building.

The Baker administration has been quietly planning for a permanent “hybrid” work model for as much as half of the state workforce, and over the course of 2021 will be redesigning office space and equipping employees with the technology they need to be able to continue to work remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Charlie Baker last week sent an…

The NBC10 Boston Investigators are taking a closer look at a remote work arrangement for a public health leader.

With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to grip the city, a senior leader at the Boston Public Health Commission is carrying out her duties remotely from more than 5,000 miles away. The NBC10 Investigators have learned the commission’s medical director, Dr. Jennifer Lo, relocated with her family to Hawaii in November 2020. Lo remained in her position at BPHC, and has…

A startup based in Vermont’s Lamoille County aims to create flexible work opportunities for women. “This is what we wished we had had when our kids were younger,” said Lee Genung of Stowe, one of the founders of ModernDay Village.

What will the office look like in a post-COVID-19 world? It’s a question architects and office designers have been wrestling with for months.