#NYC condo building threatens workers to get COVID vaccine or lose jobs

Admin5 years ago08 mins

“#NYC condo building threatens workers to get COVID vaccine or lose jobs” The shot has hit the fan in a downtown apartment building. Two employees of the Christodora House — an 83-unit condominium near Tompkins Square Park that was once home to rocker Iggy Pop and actor Vincent D’Onofrio — stand to lose their jobs…

#Feds say employers can require workers to get COVID vaccine

Admin5 years ago03 mins

“#Feds say employers can require workers to get COVID vaccine” It’s the jab or the job. Employers are allowed under federal law to require workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine before they can physically return to the workplace, according to updated guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Friday. But they must provide “reasonable…

#Business leaders warn B in proposed tax hikes could wreck NY

#Business leaders warn $7B in proposed tax hikes could wreck NY

Admin5 years ago09 mins

“#Business leaders warn $7B in proposed tax hikes could wreck NY” Socking New York’s businesses and wealthy residents with $7 billion in new taxes will likely trigger the worst exodus since the Big Apple flirted with bankruptcy in the 1970s, a huge group of major employers and small business owners warned Tuesday. In a letter…

#Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage

Admin6 years ago08 mins

“#Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage” Instead of offering one or more options, some companies are turning health insurance shopping over to employees. A federal rule change last year stoked this new approach. It allows employers to reimburse workers for coverage they bought without paying a tax penalty. The concept sends employees to…

#Grim outlook for return of NYC’s office workers amid COVID-19

Admin6 years ago04 mins

“#Grim outlook for return of NYC’s office workers amid COVID-19” Big Apple employers are growing more skittish about bringing their workforce back into the office with the threat of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study by a leading business industry group. Just 15 percent of Manhattan office employees are…

#The big questions of the work-from-home era

Admin6 years ago08 mins

“#The big questions of the work-from-home era” AMSTERDAM – As the world convulses in crisis, and tens of millions of us dig in for the long haul of working from home, one question looms large: who pays for the tea and toilet paper? The answer, according to the Dutch, is your bosses. And how much?…