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As U.S. companies push to get workers vaccinated, states disagree on who's essential

Wed, 2020-12-09 12:02 — mike kraft

As U.S. companies push to get workers vaccinated, states disagree on who's essential Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not. Tina Bellon, Richa Naidu U.S.

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States instead of feds become worker safety watchdogs as pandemic worsens

Sun, 2020-12-06 10:31 — mike kraft

States become worker safety watchdogs as pandemic worsens Labor leaders and other advocates for tougher rules say the hands-off approach taken by the Trump administration has forced the states to step in. POLITICO

States are increasingly bypassing the federal government and imposing their own rules to protect workers from the coronavirus, creating a patchwork of regulations that could serve as a blueprint for new national standards promised by President-elect Joe Biden.

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Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help, travel nurses in demand

Wed, 2020-12-02 21:01 — mike kraft

Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses... AP NEWS

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OPINION: Every state needs emergency regulations to protect essential food workers from Covid-19

Mon, 2020-11-30 12:03 — mike kraft

States must act protect essential food workers during the pandemic- STAT A winter surge of Covid-19 will be especially grim for essential food workers, who still lack basic protections in the workplace. Patrick Skerrett STAT

The darkest days of the pandemic are still ahead of us, as we head into the winter with a surge of cases and without a national strategy to address Covid-19.

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Nurse Shortage problem prompts many to move to higher paying hospitals

Wed, 2020-11-25 17:17 — mike kraft

Need a Covid nurse? That'll be $8,000 a week A shortage of nurses means hospitals are paying high salaries to get the help they need. That threatens to shift the supply to more affluent areas. NBC News

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OPINION: Reporting a worker’s hospitalization within 24 hours of a workplace incident is appropriate for traumatic injuries such as falling off a roof, but it makes no sense for Covid-19. It is generally impossible to identify the precise moment someone i

Tue, 2020-11-24 13:19 — mike kraft

'Absurd reinterpretation' of OSHA rule about workers and Covid-19 - STAT OSHA is telling employers to report workers hospitalized for Covid-19 only if it happens within 24 hours of workplace exposure to the virus. Patrick Skerrett STAT

Workplace exposures continue to be a major driver of the coronavirus pandemic, something that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should be on top of. But a reinterpretation of a reporting rule is making that all but impossible.

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Some places were short on nurses before the virus. The pandemic is making it much worse.

Tue, 2020-11-17 13:19 — mike kraft

Some places were short on nurses before the virus. The pandemic is making it much worse. There is no shortage of nurses nationally.

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Research on illness-related absences during the COVID-19 increases

Tue, 2020-07-28 21:45 — mike kraft

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For Puerto Rico, the Return to Business as Usual is Slow

Mon, 2018-03-19 08:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

In Humacao, a city on the eastern coast just north of where Hurricane Maria’s eye passed, power poles and lines still litter the ground in some areas. PHOTO: ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Six months after Hurricane Maria, as many as 7,000 of the island’s small businesses remain closed

wsj.com - by Arian Campo-Flores - March 19, 2018

. . . Though economic activity in Puerto Rico has picked up in recent months, businesses large and small are struggling. Electricity woes continue to plague the island, where 91% of power generation has been restored but the grid is prone to sudden outages. Insurance money has arrived slowly, with $1.7 billion paid in residential and business claims as of Jan. 31—about 40% of the expected total, according to the island’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

And the market is shrinking as a result of an accelerating exodus of Puerto Ricans fleeing conditions on the island.

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President Koroma Launches National Employment Policy and Strategy and Implementation Plan for Sierra Leone

Mon, 2016-05-09 06:58 — Mohamed S

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Monday 2 May, 2016// -- President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has launched the National Employment Policy and Strategy and Implementation Plan for 2015-2018 at the Miatta Conference Hall, Brookfields in Freetown. The National Employment Policy is a policy response towards addressing and improving labor relations and conditions of service of workers in Sierra Leone.

During a grand ceremony to commemorate International Labour Day, the president said the launch of the new employment policy has clearly shown his government’s commitment and effectiveness in addressing labour issues in the country. He stated that government is part of labour congress and that is why programmes and policies under his administration are always directed towards the protection of the ordinary man, adding that government has come reasonably far to formalizing the informal sector.

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