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Americans Out Sick Because of COVID-19 Surges to Record 8.8 Million
About 6 percent of the U.S. workforce, nearly 9 million Americans are out sick due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Between December 29 and January 10, 8.8 million people told the Census Bureau that they were not working … Continue reading
Report: 44 Percent of U.S. Small Businesses Have Less than 3 Months’ Worth of Cash
More than 18 months into the pandemic, bakery owner Letha Pugh is so low on cash that she’s afraid to spend it on anything other than paying her employees. She’s hardly alone: 44% of U.S. small businesses have less than … Continue reading
Attorney demands that Kansas school district alter COVID policies
A lawyer is demanding that a Kansas City-area school district revise its COVID-19 policies, claiming that they violate state and federal laws. The district’s current policy says that people who have had close contact with COVID-positive people do not need … Continue reading
Biden administration to order large employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccine or weekly testing
This requirement will come in the form of a rule from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and will apply to all federal employees, federal contractors, and businesses with 100 or more employees. Businesses that fail to … Continue reading
Pandemic Start-Up Boom Doesn’t Show Signs of Stopping
The pandemic seems to have boosted entrepreneurial activity so much that Americans filed paperwork to start 4.3 million businesses last year. This number is up 24 percent from the year before and by far the most since the government started … Continue reading
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President Biden Urges Some States to Extend Unemployment Benefits
President Biden is encouraging states with higher unemployment rates to use federal aid to extend benefits for unemployed workers after they are set to expire soon. Enhanced benefits like the $300 weekly supplement will only be available through the first … Continue reading
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 17-Month Low
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of job growth. Increases in COVID-19 infections, however, still pose a risk to the labor market recovery. The weekly … Continue reading
CDC to Halt Evictions in Counties with High Rates of COVID-19 Transmission
This order is being issued in response to a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country as the Delta variant continues to spread. The CDC says that mass evictions would worsen the situation and that if people … Continue reading