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Business groups press to reinstate a âsearch for workâ requirement in return for jobless benefits
Most states have already reverted to the pre-pandemic rule
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated May 18, 2021, 7:57 p.m.
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The Red Jacket Blue Water Resort in Yarmouth was looking for help on Tuesday.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
As employers race to fill positions on factory floors and in restaurant kitchens across the state, their trade groups are pushing the Baker administration to reinstate a job-search requirement for people who are on unemployment.
State officials could nudge more people out of their homes and back into the workforce, the business groups say, if they revert to the pre-pandemic requirement that those who claim unemployment insurance benefits must show they are actively seeking work.
Proof of shots? Masks? The return to in-person work will bring more rules
By Martin Finucane Globe Staff,Updated May 18, 2021, 3:23 p.m.
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Some people wore masks on Newbury Street and some did not after the state relaxed the outdoor mask mandate.Steven Senne/Associated Press
Massachusetts is lifting all restrictions on businesses Memorial Day weekend, moving up the stateâs full reopening date by two months, as the state edges back toward normal after more than a year wracked by the coronavirus pandemic.
The sweeping changes announced Monday by Governor Charlie Baker will allow more people to return to in-person work. While many office workers arenât expected to come back until after Labor Day, the prospect of returning raises a host of questions â and, for some, anxieties â about safety and what the post-COVID scene at work will be.
Employers should incentivize, not require, vaccines, employment lawyers say
By Katie Johnston Globe Staff,Updated December 24, 2020, 3:47 p.m.
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Employers are wrestling with whether to require COVID-19 vaccinations before allowing employees back into the workplace.AXEL HEIMKEN/AFP via Getty Images
With a COVID-19 vaccine expected to be widely available by spring, employers are starting to grapple with how to get workers onboard.
Can companies make vaccination mandatory â and threaten to fire those who refuse to roll up their sleeves for an as-yet widely untested medicine?
Should they simply encourage it by offering money or a day off or even a goody bag?
Pins for Beaumont Health Care workers after receiving their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are seen at their service center in Southfield, Mich.JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON â The first shots against the coronavirus made their way into the arms of eager front line health care workers nationwide this week, providing a glimmer of hope for a post-pandemic world.
But once those volunteers are all vaccinated, some workers who are less excited about the vaccine could face mandates to receive it anyway, public health and legal experts say.
For now, doses of the newly authorized Pfizer vaccine are in short supply and have not yet been approved for use in children or pregnant women, meaning any potential mandates are likely still months or more away. But