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The pandemic continues to devour the workforce. Unemployment reached 4% in December - after 2.6% in the previous year. However, some of the workforce - people with disabilities - is even more affected. Workers with disabilities had an…

The pandemic continues to devour the workforce. Unemployment reached 4% in December - after 2.6% in the previous year. However, some of the workforce - people with disabilities - is even more affected. Workers with disabilities had an…

Barrie Welding's position was that the dispute concerned whether the work was not being done properly, not why it was allegedly not being done properly.When the Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups responded to…

A Florida resident gets vaccinated at a drive-thru site. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS) Gaudy Baez-Montero, 41, works full-time in Massachusetts as a personal care aide for an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. She…

ALBANY - Jairo Reyes hasn't eaten in three days. Weak, tired, and starved, he remembered his church when he had trouble concentrating.Reyes, of Yonkers, was one of hundreds of New Yorkers who took part in a…

Silverado medical directors and nurses, human resource specialists and lawyers teased out the pros and cons of a mandate. Initially, they rejected that idea in favor of long, frequent webinars urging the shots and on-site vaccination…

C.Ovid-19 vaccines offer a way out of the global crisis that has changed and shortened lives for more than a year. Three vaccines have now received Emergency Use (EUA) approval from the FDA. One question that employers and universities…

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY Inc. by Dennis De Peiza The annual observance of the Month of the Disabled is intended to raise…

There is a widespread belief that people with disabilities do not have to work because they can earn extra safety income or SSI. However, Martha Jackson, a deputy commissioner in the mayor's office for people with disabilities, said SSI…

From the day of inauguration, the Biden government has shown that strengthening worker protection is a clear priority. Recent measures aim to improve the health and safety protection for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.…