Monica Benevides

Employers may bar employees from the workplace if they do not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, under updated guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, potentially solidifying a question lingering in the minds of both employers and employees for months.

Framingham State University will freeze undergraduate tuition and fees, as well as standard housing rates, for the 2021-2022 academic year, in an attempt to provide relief to students and families experiencing hard times, the school announced on Monday.

Oxford Properties, a Canadian real estate firm, has acquired three Framingham properties for a cumulative $151 million, according to public records.

Westborough-based SALMON Health and Retirement has partnered with CVS Health to help vaccinate the company’s 700 residents and 1,500 staff members during a Dec. 28 clinic, the company announced on Friday.

While manufacturing will continue to dominate headlines, the entire industry will reshape in 2021.

After the events of 2020, businesses will be pressured to show results of their efforts.