Meatpacking and farm workers to receive $600 relief payment

Sep 08, 2021

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The US Department of Labor announced on Tuesday that meatpacking and farm workers who were severely affected by the pandemic will receive up to $600 per person as a relief payment. The grants are part of a new $700 million aid program started by the department. The officials said that these grants ...

Small businesses struggle to find cash reserves

Sep 08, 2021

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44% percent of small businesses in the US now face a shortage of cash reserves as many have less than three months of cash. This leaves them in a vulnerable state of another shutdown due to financial emergencies and the pandemic. The survey conducted by Goldman Sachs shows that an even greater 51% ...

Dispute in Academia over remote work

Sep 08, 2021

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As academic spaces open up, there is a battle going on between university administrators and professors with disabilities. For a very long time now disabled teaching faculty have argued that remote teaching can work and have failed to convince the administration, however, due to the pandemic everyt ...

Paid family leaves encourage return to work

Sep 08, 2021

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Bipartisan Policy Center and Morning Consult recently conducted a new survey that showed that 37% of unemployed Americans said that they would return to work if they were given paid family leaves. Ever since the US Labor market starting opening back up, there has been a shortage of workers, especia ...

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