Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, is praising New York officials for lowering the number of days health care workers must remain in quarantine after having COVID-19.
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Biden’s vaccine-or-test rule for 84 million workers is back after court lifts stay
A Biden administration rule that requires workers at companies with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated against Covid or undergo weekly testing is back on.
Starbucks workers decide whether to form first U.S. union
Starbucks workers in New York are deciding whether they want to join a union, a move that would be unprecedented at stores owned by the company in the United States.
An investigation finds overwhelming evidence that Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment
A legislative investigation released Monday found “overwhelming evidence” that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment and ordered state workers to help produce his book during work hours.
Unvaccinated workers pay more for health insurance at some companies
As Covid cases surged over the summer, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian took action: Unvaccinated workers would have to pay an extra $200 a month for their health insurance, starting Nov. 1.
A lottery could determine the fate of Biden’s vaccine rule for 84 million workers
In the fight over who has the authority to tell companies what to do when it comes to COVID-19 and workplace safety, a random drawing could play a big role in which side prevails.
Starbucks and Costco raising wages in the nationwide competition for workers
Costco has raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour, and Starbucks will raise its starting pay to $15 an hour.
How employers can win workers back (and keep them) after the ‘Great Resignation’
In the wee hours of a Saturday morning this past June, Mary Waters pulled into a grocery store parking lot in St. Louis. It was where she had been working for more than a year, stocking the freezer section.
Thousands of workers are opting to get fired, rather than take the vaccine
For 33 years, Karl Bohnak worked at his dream job delivering weather forecasts on TV for what he considers one of the most challenging but beautiful spots in the United States — Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Thousands of workers across the U.S. would rather lose their jobs than be vaccinated
For 33 years, Karl Bohnak worked at his dream job delivering weather forecasts on TV for what he considers one of the most challenging but beautiful spots in the United States — Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Netflix employees are staging a walkout today as a fired organizer speaks out
How a small government agency will enforce the vaccine mandate for 80 million workers
In early September, just before President Biden ordered 80 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo regular testing, a question went viral on the internet.
United Airlines Says Almost All Its Workers Are Vaccinated; Some Others May Be Fired
United Airlines is touting the success of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying that more than 99% of its U.S.-based employees have met the company’s requirement to get vaccinated, or have applied for a religious or medical exemption.
In The Fight Against COVID, Health Workers Aren’t Immune To Vaccine Misinformation
As new data shows 1 in 500 Americans has died from COVID-19 and the delta variant continues to surge across the country, the next challenge many health care leaders face is within their own staffs: the 27% of of U.S. health care workers who have not been vaccinated against the disease as of July, according to a study by The COVID States Project.
A N.Y. Hospital Will Stop Delivering Babies As Workers Quit Over A Vaccine Mandate
If a conflict at one New York hospital over vaccine mandates for health care workers is any indication, the Biden administration’s new effort to mandate vaccines for millions of workers could be in for an uphill battle.
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