72% unvaccinated workers say they would quit if ordered to get the vaccine

Oct 29, 2021

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A large number of unvaccinated workers say that they would quit their jobs if they were to be ordered by employers to get the vaccine. This is in light of the new upcoming federal rules to battle the covid 19 pandemic. According to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 32% of unvaccinated worke ...

Facebook changes it name to Meta

Oct 29, 2021

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Facebook changes its corporate name to Meta on Thursday as part of its rebranding as it aggressively moves away from the social-media business entangled in crisis. The company aims to rebrand itself as a forward-looking creator of a new digital world known as 'Metaverse'. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook' ...

Montana State University receives funding to support local teachers

Oct 29, 2021

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Montana State University is approved to receive a grant of $1.5 million to support rural teachers. ...

Healthcare workers can receive $12,500 for relocating to Montana

Oct 29, 2021

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A panel of lawmakers under the administration of governor Greg Gianforte unanimously voted on the recommendation to use the $4.3 million that the state received as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to a new program. ...

Facebook instructs employees to preserve documents since 2016

Oct 28, 2021

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Facebook sent out an internal memo to all its employees asking them to maintain documents for all forms of communications that occurred since 2016. This was sent in light of the recent and extremely public investigations conducted on Facebook regarding their involvement in various world events. ...

Illinois residents who were overpaid unemployment benefits may get to keep it

Oct 28, 2021

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Almost 76,000 Illinois residents received $123 million in excess regular unemployment benefits, according to the latest developments, these residents can keep the money unless they've already repaid it. ...

Costco raises minimum wage to $17 an hour

Oct 28, 2021

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This week Costco raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the US for the second time this year as more businesses hike pay and try to retain workers amid the labor and staffing shortage. Costco informed employees last week that it would increase the minimum wage from $16 to $17 an hour ...

High numbers of covid cases reported among meatpacking workers: at least 269 dead, 59,000 infected

Oct 28, 2021

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. Numbers show that at least 59,000 meatpacking workers have fallen ill with covid-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry in 2020. According to a US House report released on Wednesday, these numbers are three times higher than the ones calculated previously. With workers s ...

Spanx founder rewards employees with first class tickets and $10,000

Oct 27, 2021

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To express her gratitude to her employees, Spanx founder Sara Blakely gave each of her 500 workers first-class plane tickets and $10,000 in spending money. Blakely revealed her rewards at a party last week where she also announced Blackstone was buying a majority stake in the Atlanta-based maker o ...

Lack of foreign workers in the job market worsen hiring challenges

Oct 27, 2021

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Hundreds of foreign workers have gone missing from the job market as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, leaving huge gaps in white-collar jobs and more service-oriented professions. Newcomers from other countries and applicants for temporary visas were initially limited by policy changes under the ...

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