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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Mayor Bill de Blasio recently signed two bills, Int. No. 1415-A and Int. No. 1396-A, into law (collectively, the “Laws” or “Law”) that will have a dramatic impact on fast-food employment. Effective July 4, 2021, the Laws will subject covered [1] New York City fast-food restaurant employers to sweeping new obligations that will grant their employees rights and protections typically possessed only by employees covered by a colle...

Can you discuss his mental fitness. >> no concerns about his cognitive ability or neurological function. i was not going to do a cognitive exam. the reason we did the cognitive assessment is plain and simple, because the president asked me to do it. the president did exceedingly well on it. that was not driven at all by any clinical concerns i have. it was driven by the presidents wishes. he did well on it. >> if confirmed, ronny jackson would be the fourth v.a. secretary since 2014, when the de...

Practices for the fourth year in a row, calling for a $15 hour wage and fairer scheduling practices. thanks to a blockbuster new story from bloomberg business week, we know the lengths walmart goes to to monitor the protesters and block unionization efforts. according to the story, managers reported union-related conversations to walmart headquarters. stores were ranked by labor activity. and the company would dispatch a team of security, labor relations and media relations personnel to combat t...

The pilot was forced to land without help from the tower. take a listen. >> so youre aware, the tower is apparently not manned. weve made a few phone calls. nobodys answering. two airplanes went in in the past ten or 15 minutes. >> reporter: thats not the situation you want to have. the faa says it has changed scheduling practices in 2012 to control these fatigue issues and that controllers are allowed to self-declare if they feel like theyre too tired to work. but the faa does acknowledge that ...

In 2011 where the pilot was forced to land a plane on his own without help from the tower. take a listen. >> 1900, the tower is apparently not manned. we have made a few phone calls. nobody is answering. two airplanes went in about ten-10 minutes. >> one in five controllers said they made some sort of operational error. faa was forced to release this after someone got a copy. the agency says they changed scheduling practices in 2012 to control fatigue. they say now controllers can declare if the...

I looked at workers, particularly these jobs dominated by women. retail sector as well the restaurant sector is one where employers are mother nature going abusive scheduling practices where they dont tell fwhoerk advance what their schedules are going to be. the woman in question is working for many hours but doesnt know when. and earning very little money. shes -- she has to call in on the day of -- she thinks she might be working. she might find out shes got to work, in which case what to do ...

Congress today did a check-up of the troubled va system. you know, cnn first reported how veterans were waiting months and months and months to see a doctor. the new secretary of veterans affairs told us in a committee in the last two months that va has contacted 160,000 veterans to get them off those long waiting lists and conducted 543,000 referrals for vets to be seen by private doctors. and, he says, he is reforming the scheduling system. >> were putting place a comprehensive external audit ...

Restructuring, making operations more efficient and effective. in short, hes about delivering better results. >> the new choice to run the va, robert mcdonald, he did go to west west point, spent five years as captain in the army, then he spent 33 years working for procter & gamble. is that kind of very big business expertise what the va needs at the very top in order to fix its problems? its problems are still considerable. the report came in friday from the assistant to the president, who the ...