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Profound effect of COVID-19 is transforming Canada’s labour market
10/09/2021 Comments Off on Profound effect of COVID-19 is transforming Canada’s labour marketCOVID-19 has had a “profound effect” on the Canadian labour market, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said Thursday, as the central bank struggles to understand the impact of “labour slack” and reducing inequality.
Continue reading …Consumer Spending Decline An Ominous Sign COVID-19 Ravaged US Economy Is Weakening
09/09/2021 Comments Off on Consumer Spending Decline An Ominous Sign COVID-19 Ravaged US Economy Is Weakening
Sept. 9, 2021 — A 2.7 percent consumer spending decline is yet another ominous sign the COVID-19-ravaged US economy is in trouble. The report comes just as millions have lost extended federal unemployment benefits, joining millions more in Republican-led states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits early. The consumer spending decline comes after last week’s […]
Continue reading …Insurers no longer waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment, employer waivers may also expire
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Insurers no longer waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment, employer waivers may also expire
By Rebecca Mayo, J.D. and WK Editorial Staff — Testing and vaccination for COVID-19 must be provided at no cost to individuals, however there is no federal mandate requiring insurers to waive out-of-pocket treatment costs for COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, the majority of private health plans waived out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 treatment, but a survey […]
Continue reading …Most private insurers are longer waiving COVID-19 treatment cost-sharing, KFF research finds
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Most private insurers are longer waiving COVID-19 treatment cost-sharing, KFF research finds
Nearly three fourths of all private insurers have discontinued waiving treatment cost-sharing in the wake of effective vaccines becoming widely available, according to new research from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Federal law requires all private insurance plans to cover the entire cost associated with approved COVID-19 testing so long as the test is deemed medically appropriate. Additionally, […]
Continue reading …Is it time to end the COVID-19 ban on reusable coffee cups?
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Is it time to end the COVID-19 ban on reusable coffee cups?This week, Starbucks started to once again allow customers to be served coffee in their reusable mugs. Some environmentalists say it’s time for McDonald’s and Tim Hortons to follow suit.
Continue reading …Sales Organizations Job Roles Transformed by Technology, Covid
24/08/2021 Comments Off on Sales Organizations Job Roles Transformed by Technology, Covid
Scottsdale, Ariz. — Sales organizations jobs are being transformed by the coronavirus pandemic and technology, according to the 2021 WorldatWork and SalesGlobe Release Sales Compensation Programs & Practices Survey. Sales organizations are expanding the number of inside sales and hybrid roles, increasing financial controls such as performance thresholds and incentive pay gaps, the survey found. […]
Continue reading …Can I Be Required to Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19?
24/08/2021 Comments Off on Can I Be Required to Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19?
More employers are requiring workers to get shots before returning to the office.
Continue reading …Some of Canada's big banks mandating COVID-19 vaccines for staff
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Some of Canada's big banks mandating COVID-19 vaccines for staffToronto Dominion, CIBC and the Royal Bank of Canada will soon make vaccines mandatory for all staff who wish to return to the office, and those who don’t comply will have to agree to regular testing.
Continue reading …Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases rise
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases riseApple Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases rise The iPhone maker had previously told its global workforce to plan for a phased return from October Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Mark Sweney @marksweney Fri 20 Aug 2021 06.50 EDT First published on Fri 20 Aug 2021 […]
Continue reading …Porter Airlines to require COVID-19 vaccine or negative test for all staff
18/08/2021 Comments Off on Porter Airlines to require COVID-19 vaccine or negative test for all staffPorter Airlines will require all of its staff to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or test negative for the coronavirus before the start of every shift.
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- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill