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Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines. It is a delicate decision balancing employee health and personal privacy.

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:53 — mike kraft

As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most delicate pandemic-related decisions: Should they require employees to be vaccinated?

Take the case of United Airlines. In January, the chief executive, Scott Kirby, indicated at a company town hall that he wanted to require all of his roughly 96,000 employees to get coronavirus vaccines once they became widely available.

“I think it’s the right thing to do,” Mr. Kirby said, before urging other corporations to follow suit.

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Mask guidlines for workplaces and offices still to be clarified

Thu, 2021-05-06 20:45 — mike kraft

Millions head back to work amid employer confusion over masks, vaccines Although the CDC said that vaccinated Americans only need to wear a mask when gathering in indoor public places, it’s unclear how that applies to private workplaces like factories and offices. Rebecca Rainey POLITICO

Millions of people are flooding back to work as the coronavirus ebbs, but businesses say the federal government's failure to answer pressing questions over masks and vaccinations are complicating their reopening efforts.

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For worker, OSHA sends draft emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 to OMB review

Tue, 2021-04-27 10:32 — mike kraft

OSHA sends draft emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 to OMB The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on Monday it has sent a draft emergency temporary standard (ETS) on the coronavirus pandemic to the Office of Management and Budget, Alex Gangitano TheHill

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Biden proposes government financial help to encourage employers to give workers time off to get vaccinated

Wed, 2021-04-21 18:10 — mike kraft

Biden presses employers to provide paid time off for vaccine shots, recovery Sean Sullivan, Isaac Stanley-Becker Washington Post

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Companies, unions offer COVID-19 vaccines to

Mon, 2021-04-19 20:28 — mike kraft

A jab on the job: Companies, unions offer COVID-19 vaccines Marie Watson wanted to be among the first in line when she and other essential workers became eligible for the coronavirus vaccine — and with good reason. The maintenance parts buyer for a... AP NEWS

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Biden Administration's Infrastructure Plan includes efforts to improve minority neighborhoods and wages for home health aides.

Fri, 2021-04-02 22:17 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — America’s most celebrated infrastructure initiative, the interstate highway system, rammed an elevated freeway through the center of Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans in the late 1960s.

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POLL: About 40 % of Americans report financial loss because of the pandemic

Tue, 2021-03-09 10:42 — mike kraft

AP-NORC poll: Many in US still face COVID-19 financial loss CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one... AP NEWS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one year into the coronavirus pandemic.

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Nursing home residents' health affected by high staff turnover.

Tue, 2021-03-02 18:48 — mike kraft

Extraordinarily high turnover among staffs at nursing homes likely contributed to the shocking number of deaths at the facilities during the pandemic, the authors of a new study suggested.

The study, which was published Monday in Health Affairs, a health policy journal, represents a comprehensive look at the turnover rates in 15,645 nursing homes across the country, accounting for nearly all of the facilities certified by the federal government. The researchers found the average annual rate was 128 percent, with some facilities experiencing turnover that exceeded 300 percent.

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Employer incentives COVID-19 vaccinations could prompt legal issues

Sun, 2021-02-21 11:50 — mike kraft

Employer perks for COVID-19 vaccinated workers could draw legal challenges A growing number of companies have dangled legally untested bargains, from extra compensation to paid time off, to entice employees to get the coronavirus vaccine. Yahoo

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Most U.S. firms hit with COVID-19 safety fines aren't paying up--Reuters

Thu, 2021-02-18 10:32 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Most U.S. firms hit with COVID-19 safety fines aren't paying up U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put workers at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Kirkham U.S.

(Reuters) - U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put workers at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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