How Does New Mexico’s Paid Sick Leave Law Work?
From today’s Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico’s new Healthy Workplaces Act takes effect July 1 and will impact thousands of businesses and employees around the state. Here are answers to some…
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An Overturned Roe v. Wade Presents Challenges For Corporate Leadership
From today’s Forbes Magazine: The possibility that the seminal abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade could be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court carries significant and immediate implications for…
The Age of Anti-Ambition: As 25 million Leave Jobs, it’s More than Burnout
From today’s New York Times: I used to think of my job as existing in its own little Busytown — as in the Richard Scarry books, where there’s a small,…
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Delivery Workers Celebrate New Labor Rights Taking Effect Today in NYC
From today’s The Villager amNewYork: New labor protections for the city’s tens of thousands of delivery workers are set to take effect Monday, Jan. 24, and advocates and politicians rallied…
Unions Fighting Vax Mandates Endanger Public Health & Economic Recovery
From today’s New York Times: As New York pushes forward with some of the toughest and farthest-reaching vaccine mandates in the nation, thousands of health care workers in the state…
New rules on extreme heat means more air conditioning and breaks for workers
From today’s Business Insider: The Biden administration announced Monday that it is beginning work on a new workplace regulation to address safety during extreme heat events, a process that will…
Families Of Undocumented Workers Lost On 9/11 Search For Closure
From today’s NPR News Online: For a brief moment, on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Teresa Garcia thought she’d seen a ghost. She was in her office in midtown…
Fact Check: Federal law does not prevent states, businesses, employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccines
From USA Today: As millions of Americans continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some employers, colleges and businesses are weighing whether to make vaccination mandatory. A widely shared claim on…
Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines
From today’s New York Times: 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…
United Airlines might require its employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine
From today’s New York Times: The chief executive of United Airlines told the company’s employees this week that the carrier — and other businesses — could make the coronavirus vaccine…