By Madeline Hughes mhughes@andovertownsman.com Apr 1, 2021
1 hr ago
The Andover Retirement Board is deciding if part-time employees will continue to be eligible for pensions from the town.
Currently, anyone working more than 20 hours a week who is a permanent employee is eligible for a pension. The proposed change would bar any future part-time employees who work 35 hours or fewer from receiving a pension.
This potential change comes at the same time voters are being asked to borrow a $185 million pension obligation bond to pay off the unfunded pension liability, which came about because of decades of paying too little into the pension system.
The Herald Bulletin Editorial Board Apr 1, 2021
2 hrs ago
A woman shouldn’t have to choose between her job and her health or the health of her unborn child.
Thirty states have laws to address this concern, requiring employers to offer pregnant workers accommodations such as additional breaks, help with manual labor and schedule modifications.
Indiana has no such law.
While many Hoosier employers do the right thing by voluntarily providing accommodations for pregnant women, others demand that pregnant employees continue to work under the same rules and conditions as other workers.
A bill that would have fixed the problem failed in the Republican-dominated state Senate in 2020. This year, two additional bills died without a hearing. Members of the GOP supermajority contend that such legislation would place an outsized burden on employers, particularly small businesses.
HEPPNER â The agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation couldnât tell John Flynn too much, only that they were there because of âpeople that were at the Capitol,â he said.
Early on Tuesday, March 23, agents had been snooping around the headquarters of Ruggs Ranch, a 100,000-acre hunting preserve outside of Heppner in Morrow County thatâs described on its website as âWhere World Class Bird Hunting & Luxurious Lodging Meet.â The agents told Flynn they were waiting for a friend who was out hunting. Flynn, the ranch owner, didnât recognize the name they provided.
He asked them to leave.
United Airlines on Thursday said it would hire about 300 pilots as travel demand rebounds as a rising number of Americans get COVID-19 vaccination, according to the company's internal memo seen by Reuters.
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Employee shot in Metairie Gun Outlet shooting not letting bullet in leg stop him from living life Share Updated: 11:39 AM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Share Updated: 11:39 AM CDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript VIRUS. ALL RIGHT SWITCHING GEARS NOW AN EMPLOYEE AT THE JEFFERSON GUN OUTLET STILL HAS A BULLET LODGED IN HIS LEG ONE MONTH AFTER THE SHOOTING AIDEN LEE WAS ONE OF SEVEN EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTOUT WITH THE SUSPECT LAST MONTH TODAY. HE IS SLOWLY RECOVERING AND SURPRISINGLY BACK AT THE GYM AND GINA. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM DURING HIS WORKOUT AS HE SHARES HOW HIS TRAINING HELPED HIM THAT DAY. IT’S A STORY YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON SIX AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU THE VIDEO OF HIS INJURY MAYBE GRAPHIC FOR SOME SLOW AND STEADY AIDAN LEE IS AT THE GYM WORKING TO REGAIN HIS STRENGTH. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THERE’S A BULLET LODGED IN HIS LEG IT ENTERED IN THE QUAD IN THE FRONT AND THEN IT’S IN THE BACK OF MY HAMSTRING RIGHT NO