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The Real Deal •

DOGE cuts destabilized DC condo markets

Mark Meyerdirk expected multiple bids on a two-bedroom condo he was selling in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, DC, earlier this year.

But Meyerdirk, the owner of Urban Brokers, got exactly one offer, though at least it was at asking.

This made him happy, though it displeased the owner of a neighboring unit who told Meyerdirk the $400,000 price tag was too low and would undermine the value of his apartment.

“I said, ‘do you know what’s going on with the market?’” Meyerdirk said....
HR Brew •

Companies add menopause benefits as women more openly discuss the once-taboo process

Menopause information and expertise can be challenging to find, so companies are providing women tools to navigate the changes that often accompany the body’s natural changes.Tammi Wortham wasn’t sure what to expect 18 months ago when she told a group of primarily male colleagues that a visitor would accompany her to meetings going forward. Then she pulled out “Sally”—her nickname for the portable fan she uses to cool down when hit by the hot flashes that can come with menopause.A few of the men...
HR Brew •

Providing IVF benefits may become more complicated as threats to the procedure abound

IVF providers and patients in Alabama were thrown into chaos in February after the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos were considered humans, making their destruction a crime. At least two clinics in the state stopped performing IVF procedures, and many women traveled out of the state to get their treatments, according to multiple news reports.“We saw some benefits providers that offered transport for embryos across state lines actually halting that offering, as they were looking in...
SHRM •

Hybrid Work Reigns Supreme, Despite Leadership Doubts

On March 19, 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom became the first state leader to issue a stay-at-home order to stop the spread ofCOVID-19. Other governors soon followed. But many people around the U.S. were already hunkering down: In mid-March of that year,office building occupancy levels in the country’s 10 largest cities had already dropped to 50%, according to Kastle, a Falls Church, Va.-based provider of security solutions to residential and commercial buildings. Occupancy rates plunged to 15% by April 2020 before slowlystarting to inch back up. It wasn’t until the middle of 2023 that office occupancy rates regularly hovered at around 50%, and they haven’tgotten any higher.
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