Category: WORKPLACE SAFETY
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WORKPLACE SAFETY There is no constitutional right to wear a Black Lives Matter mask at work?
Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York homicide prosecutor and of counsel to the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases. …
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WORKPLACE SAFETY From the front lines, Black nurses battle twin pandemics of racism and coronavirus
London (CNN)Nurse Efe Obiakor stood at the front of the crowd, looking up proudly as her 18-year-old daughter Ada took center stage at a Black Lives Matter rally in central London. “Let’s use this o…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY These workers’ jobs are most at risk around the world
This article was originally published in the International Monetary Fund’s blog. Mariya Brussevich is an economist in the IMF’s Asia Pacific Department. Era Dabla-Norris is a Division Chief of the As…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY An internal Amazon memo shows how closely it’s tracking coronavirus data at warehouses
(CNN Business)For months, Amazon has refused to reveal data on the number of coronavirus cases inside its warehouses by claiming the data itself “isn’t particularly useful,” frustrating workers and c…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Amazon giving $500 million in one-time bonuses to front-line workers as a ‘thank you’
(CNN Business)Amazon is giving out more than $500 million as a “Thank You bonus” to front-line workers who were with the company throughout the month of June, a move that comes after the e-commerce g…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY ‘I’m not flying until there’s a Covid-19 vaccine’
Francesca Street, CNNUpdated 13th July 2020 (CNN) With airlines introducing new measures like face masks and intensive sanitization routines to reassure passengers, people have been cautiously retur…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Recession is much worse than the IMF expected
London (CNN Business)The International Monetary Fund has slashed its global economic forecasts for 2020, saying the coronavirus pandemic is causing a much steeper recession and a slower recovery than…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Opinion: Here’s the best way to take care of your mental health during the pandemic
Vivek H. Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States and is the author of New York Times bestseller Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. Ali…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Samuel Alito dissents. A frustrating few months for the conservative justice
(CNN)When the Supreme Court term began last fall, judicial conservatives were hoping that the court’s strong 5-4 majority, bolstered by two of President Donald Trump’s nominees, would deliver a clean…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Children must go back to school, but….
This is the fourth installment in a series of regular columns on emerging science related to Covid-19 by Erin Bromage, an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. …