…and electric-shop classes and closed school libraries. It ended pre-kindergarten for 3-year-olds in 2019 and for 4-year-olds in 2020. The pre-K program, Boland says, was one of the first in…
…information about workers’ comp claims and insurance costs. Labor attorney Robert Grey. The Rating Board’s 2021 report proposed a 6.4% reduction in employer workers’ compensation costs. Combined with reductions that…
…in 2020 — the amount of deaths is already 20,000 above the previous high in 2019 —with estimates still rising. Ben Kimmel. In Connecticut, the US Department of Labor awarded…
…their contract expire three years ago, long before the Covid pandemic reached the U.S. in January 2020. They’ve kept working under weekly contract extensions ever since, while a federal mediator…
…LaborPress. While a landmark Supreme Court decision of June 2020 held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s ban on employment discrimination on the basis of sex extended to sexual…
…Kimmel. By now, we all know the film industry is mourning the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Hutchins was killed by a prop gun while filming the movie “Rust”…
…2021, the number of people employed in that field was still 1.6 million less than what it was in February 2020. Job losses during the pandemic correlated strongly with race,…
…illegal under federal labor law. It would give nurses 3% of the pay listed on their W-2 form for 2021 — a year in which more than 700 nurses worked…
…NYCCLC also includes more than one million registered voter households across New York City. On October 5, the organization announced its endorsements for the 2021 New York City General Election….
A scene from the new Broadway musical “Six.” New York, NY – “Six” is the first original musical of the fall 2021 Broadway season and it is a joy. It…
