United Airlines has an impressive 97 percent vaccinated workforce, but six employees who sought accommodations are suing, saying the offered accommodations are essentially a termination. The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) clearly said that companies could require mandatory vaccinations as long as they offer accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities
I received the opportunity of a lifetime when Katarina Moy-Gard, picked me to do a thorough Marie Kondo cleanout of my home. Moy-Gard was completing a certification (which she now has) to be an official KonMari method organizer and needed a volunteer. I’ve never volunteered so fast in my
In Chicago, 70 bus drivers quit in protest of a mandatory vaccine policy. That’s about 10 percent of the drivers. In Massachusetts, the National Guard is subbing as bus drivers, as there aren’t enough to be found. A nationwide survey from the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, among
Thankfully, smoking inside the office went out of fashion years ago, but now that many people are working from home, can you ban smoking at home during business hours? The largest Japanese brokerage firm, Nomura, implemented a new policy prohibiting employees from smoking during the workday, even when they
President Biden announced a requirement for all employers with 100 or more employees to mandate a Covid-19 vaccination or require weekly Covid tests for all unvaccinated employees. Companies are scrambling to deal with the logistics of this. How do you track weekly tests? Who pays for these tests?
Miguel Olave waited 35 minutes for an interview. Then he walked out. He was absolutely right to do so. Five minutes, sure. Ten minutes, I’ll even give you a pass. But, when you let a candidate site for 35 minutes without acknowledging him, you’re going to lose
Hurricane Ida has fortunately been downgraded to “just” a tropical storm, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t done damage and won’t continue to do damage. Over a million customers are without power in the storm’s path, and government officials ask that people stay home. Some, of course, are staying home because they
Some businesses run better when people work together in the same space. If your business is one of them, and you are bringing people back to the office, it will be just as much of a challenge as it was to send everyone home in 2020. You’re bound
Everyone wants to work from home. Everyone wants flexible schedules. This seems to be the zeitgeist but that doesn’t mean punctuality isn’t a necessary characteristic. Or perhaps a skill. It is certainly something that you can learn and change about yourself. When everyone who possibly could work at
When the CDC issued new guidance saying that some vaccinated people need to resume wearing masks in some situations, you may have hoped the the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would come out with clear, unambiguous guidelines. They did come out with guidelines, but they are still a
