When Your Employer Doesn’t Respect Your Family Commitments
From today’s Harvard Business Review: When trying to balance your work and family commitments, it helps to have a boss who is understanding and supportive: someone who doesn’t raise an…
One Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, Postal Service Watchdog Says
From today’s New York Times: More than one million mail-in ballots were sent late to voters during the 2020 primary elections, an internal Postal Service audit found, underscoring deep concerns…
Instacart shoppers face unforgiving metrics: ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Five days a week, Ryan Hartson scours the picked-over aisles of Mariano’s Fresh Market in Chicago to fill grocery delivery orders for Instacart. He clocks…
New TN law penalizes protesters with felony and loss of voting rights
From today’s CNN Online: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation on Thursday that will increase penalties for individuals caught camping on state property. Bill HB 8005 increases the punishment for…
Why Work From Home When You Can Work From Barbados or Estonia?
From today’s New York Times: When Lamin Ngobeh, a high-school teacher at the Freire Charter School in Wilmington, Del., saw a social media post last month about working remotely in…
Trump to pardon women’s suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony on 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment
From today’s Denver Post: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting in 1872 in…
Uber likely to shut down in California for over a year if new ruling not overturned
From today’s NBC News Online: In new court filings Wednesday, a top Uber official said the company would “almost certainly need to shut down” ride services in California for “likely…
California lawmakers ask Newsom to act immediately on unemployment claims
From Los Angeles Times: More than half the members of the California Legislature called on Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to immediately begin paying unemployment benefits to many of the…
Trump changes tune on voting by mail, urging Florida to cast ballots remotely
From today’s CBS News Online: President Trump seemingly flipped his position on voting by mail, at least in Florida, after spending months bashing the practice as ripe for potential fraud.…
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Coronavirus relief talks restart as jobless aid divides GOP and Democrats
From today’s CNBC News Online: Democrats and Trump administration officials will sit down again Monday afternoon to try to hammer out an elusive deal on a fifth coronavirus aid bill.…