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FBaggins

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17. Re: "Provable necessity"

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:00 AM

Dec 17

The question is "who do they need to prove it to?" - they're now the ones that set policy (absent a couple of the examples here where there is now a contract obligation)

It doesn't necessarily matter that remote work can save money and/or increase productivity. They could justify it on the basis of the impact on the broader downtown economy (commercial real estate markets... downtown businesses... etc.)

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