It is finally official. There will be a second Trader Joe's location in the Capital Region in Halfmoon. We have been speculating that one would be built in Saratoga County and we have now got confirmation that the construction that is going on in the area off of Route 9 behind the Red Robin is in fact a Trader Joe's.
Several companies have now made public their efforts to get workers vaccinated, including offering one time bonuses and other financial incentives for employees who opt to get their shot.
Patrons enter an Olive Garden Restaurant. Steve Helber/AP Photo Steve Helber/AP Photo
Darden Restaurants, which owns Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, and The Capital Grille, will offer workers four hours of paid time off, two hours per dose, Bloomberg reported. Employees must show proof of their vaccination to earn the time. The company doesn t require the shots, but strongly encouraged workers to get them.
4. Shake Shack
The burger-and-shake restaurant chain will give workers 3 hours of pay per shot of the two-dose vaccine. Shake Shack didn t mandate employees receive the vaccine but strongly encouraged it.
5. Noodles & Company
Workers will earn up to four hours of paid time off for receiving the vaccine, the company said in a Feb. 10 statement to Insider. The restaurant strongly recommended employees receive the vaccine but did not require it.
âWe Are Forgottenâ: Grocery Workers Hope for Higher Pay and Vaccinations
Booming business during the pandemic hasnât always meant better wages, and they have largely been left off vaccine priority lists.
Workers protesting outside the Food 4 Less in Long Beach, Calif. Kroger plans to close the store after the city required âhero payâ for grocery workers.Credit.Maggie Shannon for The New York Times
Feb. 8, 2021
It has been an exhausting 10 months for Toni Ward Sockwell, an assistant manager at Cash Saver, a grocery chain, in Guthrie, Okla. She has been helping to oversee about 40 anxious employees during a deadly pandemic, vigilantly disinfecting counters at the store and worrying about passing the coronavirus to her elderly mother while dropping off produce.