The "Great Resignation" isn't just for rank-and-file workers. Corporate CEOs are quitting their jobs in significant numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic, employment watchers say.
The lack of staff and slow turnaround times at hospitals have resulted in longer response times even for critical situations like heart attacks, strokes and traumatic vehicle collisions.
– This week, Governor Newsom’s Administration unveiled a proposed $2.7 billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package – including a $1.4 billion emergency appropriation request – to bolster testing capacity, accelerate vaccination and booster efforts, support frontline workers, strengthen the health care system and battle misinformation. The governor’s budget also calls for new legislation to implement supplemental paid sick leave policies given the current situation being driven by the Omicron variant to better protect our frontline workers.