Our weekly round up of workplace news from around the web.
- Pittsburgh Business Times shares why businesses should consider changes that will allow returning workers to feel safer, following months spent working from home under threat from exposure to the coronavirus.
- A new report find that hybrid work has companies facing a new set of office occupancy challenges, says Boston Real Estate Times.
- Google is pushing back when it’s requiring workers to head back to their offices past Jan. 10, reports the Commercial Observer. This is the latest in a series of delays for the tech conglomerate’s return to work.
- To reduce noise, Bloomberg CityLab says cities need new sensor technology that can tell the difference between a dog barking, a garbage truck and a revving motorcycle engine.
- GlobeSt.com reports environmentally conscious space has become a key demand by tenants.