12-to-15-year-olds are now on the list of those who can get a COVID vaccine.
Supporters of paid sick leave for workers next may turn to Nebraska voters after striking out again in the Legislature.
Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha, who introduced LB241, said organizations are exploring the possibility of an initiative petition drive.
Tony Vargas It s absolutely a possibility, he said.
Such an effort would follow initiative measures that raised Nebraska s minimum wage, expanded Medicaid to more low-income workers and capped interest rates on payday loans. All three issues failed in the Legislature but drew strong support from voters.
NFIB eyeing solutions to growing labor shortages
Monday, May 10, 2021
With a growing number of businesses frustrated over the labor shortages that are hampering their ability to rebound in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Louisiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses is planning to introduce a plan this week that would wean the state off the federally funded enhanced unemployment benefits and redirect new stimulus dollars to a program that would incentivize people to go back to work.
The measures, which will likely be tacked on as amendments to existing bills currently making their way through the legislative process, would be modeled after measures others states have taken and would be designed not to punish those who need unemployment benefits but to help struggling businesses, says Dawn Starns McVea, director of the NFIB Louisiana and Mississippi chapters.
The Pro Act, which passed the House of Representatives in March, has two big components. The first is that it makes it easier for workers and independent contractors to organize unions. Thatâs certainly a concern for some employers. But the other, and bigger headache for small businesses, is that it potentially changes the way we define and classify employees.
Under the Pro Act, which is fashioned closely after Californiaâs 2019 Assembly Bill 5 legislation:
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⦠an individual performing any service shall be considered an employee (except as provided in the previous sentence) and not an independent contractor, unless:
(A) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under the contract for the performance of service and in fact;
Wait a Minute, Joe Trump Rules Could Keep Boom Alive Another Five Years
A Deeper Message Lies in the Biggest Jobs Miss in History
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Todays jobs report gives us, at 266,000, the biggest miss in history. The entire entire economics profession, including me, expected around a million. Well, so it goes.
Stocks loved it because it probably guarantees more free money forever. President Joe Biden sort of liked it because, hes arguing, his stimulus plan is working, or at least needed.
Todays report, Mr. Biden says, just underscores, in my view, how vital the actions we re taking are checks to people who are hurting, support for small businesses, for child care and school reopening, support to help families put food on the table. Our efforts are starting to work, but the climb is steep and we still have a long way to go.