Students from King Alfred Sixth Form Academy in Highbridge will have the opportunity to ask a diverse panel a range of questions concerning, local, national and international issues.
Preparing to meet an architect to discuss the options for upgrading or maybe even replacing her 1970s bungalow overlooking the River Bandon in Co Cork, Liz Payne was clear about one thing: “I didn’t
Durban womenâs gumboot idea marches to international success
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Durban - Two Durban based entrepreneurs who saw a gap in the market for gumboots in South Africa are riding a wave of success after their stylish gumboots that are made recycled material and produced in Durban is becoming the new must have item for fashionistas.
Liz Payne and Cally van Blerk have come up with stylish gumboots that are as much at home in a mall as they are in a mud puddle and have already begun shipping their product to international markets such as New Zealand where it is gaining in popularity.
Could your employer mandate a coronavirus vaccine? Many encouraging it for now
Adam Daigle
Could employees be mandated to get the vaccine? We re curious what s going to happen, said Elizabeth Henson, president of the Acadiana chapter of the Society for Human Resources Association. This looks like it will be the new conversation of 2021: whether or not employers have the right to mandate.
Health care workers at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson Parish were the first in the state to receive the 79,000 vaccines on Monday, and other front line workers will be the first to get vaccines in the state.
Some 79,000 doses will be distributed in Louisiana as part of an evolving and complicated process. Federal officials are recommending vaccines be distributed to health care workers and people in long-term care facilities.
BY MATTHEW PERRONE, MIKE STOBBE AND MORRY GASH | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some 79,000 doses will be distributed in Louisiana as part of an evolving and complicated process. Federal officials are recommending vaccines be distributed to health care workers and people in long-term care facilities.
Once the availability increases, federal officials say, it will be more widely distributed.
How it is distributed and the legal hurdles, Henson said, must be worked out.
According to the Society of Human Resources Management, employers can mandate a vaccine for its employees based on industry and business necessity. The mandate is legal if the failure to vaccinate is a direct threat to others in the workplace.