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Last week, we looked at some of the concerns businesses face when they consider whether to let an employee work the duration of their notice period or if it’s better to cut ties quickly. Read about the issues that notice periods can cause in that post, “Don’t let the door hit you on the blank on the way out.”
Discrimination Concerns
Of concern to many HR managers has been whether or not waiving a notice period can somehow be considered discriminatory. This issue was recently addressed by the Iowa Court of Appeals in its February 3, 2021 decision in
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MARION, IA The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Iowa state experienced 2.05 hours without power in 2019 2.65 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
West Virginia COVID cases top 8,000 as downward trend continues | News, Sports, Jobs newsandsentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsandsentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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CHARLESTON One person from Wood County was confirmed as a death from the COVID-19 coronavirus Wednesday morning from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
The state confirmed the death of a76-year-old male from Wood County, according to the Wednesday morning pandemic update from the department.
Eleven additional deaths from the virus were confirmed in the 24-hour period from Tuesday to Wednesday morning. The total of deaths since the pandemic started a year ago was at 2,285 as of Wednesday morning.
Deaths were also confirmed on Wednesday of residents from Mercer, Berkeley, Grant, Kanawha, Boone, Marion and Logan counties, according to the state.
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CHARLESTON Vaccination clinics are scheduled this week in local counties and around West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the West Virginia Joint Interagency Task Force for COVID-19 Vaccines said in a joint release.
The vaccination program through the Operation Save Our Wisdom initiative this week will be offered to residents 65 and older.
All West Virginians 16 and older are encouraged to pre-register for a vaccination through the Vaccine Registration System at www.vaccinate.wv.gov or by calling 1 833 734-0965. The information line is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.