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COVID-19 vaccination fee amongst SA aged care staff ‘not as excessive’ as wanted forward…
Barely a third of elderly care workers in South Australia are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a threatened federal deadline, statistics show.Important points:Federal health data shows that only 35 percent of geriatric carers in…
Legislation protects pregnant employees from discrimination within the office
Wilkes-Barre - This week, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Commission (HELP) is endorsed by US Senators Bob Casey, D-Scranton, Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Jeanne Shaheen (R-LA). Promotes a non-partisan law on the justice of the…
How Blind Activists Fought for Blind Employees
The Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 is now more than three decades old, but the roots of disability rights go much deeper. Historian Felicia Kornbluh examines the efforts of the National Association of the Blind (NFB) to…
Comitta: Vital earnings limits raised for Pa. employees with disabilities | Native-news
WEST CHESTER - Thanks to the work of Senator Carolyn Comitta, Chester County's disability rights activist Jessica Keogh, and many other organizations and lawyers around the world, a major law was recently…
Disabled individuals demand entry, truthful wages – Staff World
The Caucus of Workers World Party for Disability Accessibility and Rights hosts a second Sunday Dialogue from zoom every month. On July 11th, at the sixth of these dynamic sessions, DJRC spokesmen discussed key struggles for access and…
Will Congress lastly finish the subminimum wage for staff with disabil
This article is from Capital & Main, an award-winning California-based publication covering economic, political, and social issues.John Anton's first job, sweeping floors and packing goods, wasn't much different from many early jobs.…
Will Congress Lastly Finish the Subminimum Wage for Employees With Disabilities?
John Anton's first job, floor sweeping and packaging of goods, was not much different from many first jobs. The problem was, it was a dead end.
And because the company had a state contract that…
Barely a 3rd of Part 1a disability staff are vaccinated
After five months of the Australian COVID vaccination program, it is unclear how many top priority people received vaccination.The federal government can only confirm that less than half of geriatric carers and disabled people are…
Pregnant Staff Equity Act Passes within the Home for Second Time
On May 14, 2021, the US House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA" or "HR 1065") for the second time. With 315 votes to 101, including support from all House Democrats and 99 Republicans, the…