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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected on Thursday to unveil a $1.9 trillion spending package to combat coronavirus and its impact on the economy, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with the plans.

President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday designed to jump-start the economy and speed up the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

Grocery delivery company Instacart said on Thursday it would pay $25 to its over half-a-million gig workers if they chose to take time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Morrisons on Wednesday said it will become the first British supermarket group to pay all its store staff at least 10 pounds ($13.62) an hour. FILE PHOTO: A Morrisons store is pictured in St Albans, Britain, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo The company, based in Bradford, northern England, said a new pay deal starting in April will mean a 9% wage increase for the majority of its 96,000 store workers. Supermarket staff have pla...

Jan. 13, 2021 8:00 am ET Dollar General Corp. is offering employees a deal: Go get a Covid-19 vaccine and receive four hours of pay. The retailer, which has 157,000 employees, is among the first large U.S. employers to incentivize staff to be vaccinated, a sign that companies with essential workers see mass inoculation as critical in overcoming the pandemic. Grocery stores, airlines and transit companies are jockeying for priority access to Covid-19 vaccines for their workers, hoping ...

The dramatic global shift to remote working during COVID-19 lockdowns has underscored an urgent need for greater protections for homeworkers, many of whom are paid far less than those employed outside the home, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

(Adds statement from Urgara grains inspectors’ union) BUENOS AIRES, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Loading of more than 140 agricultural export ships in Argentina has been stalled by a port-side oilseed workers’ strike that started on Dec. 9, the head of the local chamber of soymeal manufacturers said on Monday, on the eve of talks on a new contract. The CIARA-CEC chamber of soy byproduct manufacturers will meet on Tuesday with the two main unions representing oilseed workers to try and hammer out a 20...

4 Min Read TORONTO (Reuters) - As Canadian provinces struggle to contain rising COVID-19 infections, a lack of adequate paid sick leave for front-line workers is fuelling transmission, doctors and advocates say. Pharmacy technician supervisor Tamara Booth Rumsey prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio While political leaders and health officials advise sick people to stay home, many pe...

3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Almost one in three workers in the oil and gas industry faced pay cuts in 2020, a worldwide survey showed on Tuesday, as the coronavirus crisis drove down fuel demand and prices. FILE PHOTO: Workers of the Mexican state oil firm PEMEX are seen during a visit of Mexicos president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), at Cadereyta refinery in Cadereyta, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Oil and gas workers are still among th...

Workers at Centrica's British Gas will stage a second series of five one-day strikes in protest over proposed changes to work conditions, the GMB trade union said on Tuesday.