Formal position, not binding

Urge City to resume in-person work for four days

Last activity May 15, 2026 (4 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    May 4, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council adopted a resolution urging City of Boston employees to resume in-person work for at least four days per week. The measure emphasizes public engagement, downtown foot traffic, and maintaining services, noting concerns about remote work and its impact on small businesses and city revenues. It cites a May 2026 council action.

Affects City of Boston employees, seniors and residents lacking digital access, and small businesses and local restaurants

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, and Ed Flynn

Now with the City Council

About Government Operations & Elections and Labor & Workforce

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Official title

Resolution urging the City of Boston to resume in-person work for a minimum of four days per week. On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), present 1 (Breadon), not present 1 (Coletta Zapata).

Timeline

  1. May 13, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council