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BUTLER â Businesses and industries have had to get creative to attract people to fill open positions.
Sometimes, you have to think outside the box and do things other employers canât or wonât do.
Locally-owned DeKalb Molded Plastics in Butler is piloting a program where people work 30 hours a week â 6 hours a day â but are paid for 40 hours, according to general manager Doug Bonecutter.
âThey will have the opportunity to earn overtime,â he said. âIf you volunteer to work Saturday or Sunday and youâve worked your 30 hours during the week, youâll get paid time-and-a-half for Saturday and Sunday.â
Science Central going virtual for New Year s
Science Central announced Tuesday its Countdown to Noon on Dec. 31 will be held virtually. Science Central members and the general public are invited to take in the excitement of the countdown via Science Central s Facebook and Instagram pages, where it will be livestreamed. As always, the countdown will culminate with a balloon drop.
While the noon countdown will be virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic, smaller countdowns, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m., will be open to in-person attendance, with crowd limitations of 25 people strictly enforced.
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Butler, Fremont firms receive state grants
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