
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-17-2020: Retaliation under the FFCRA is as illegal as is retaliation under any other employment statute

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Monday, November 16, 2020
The 11th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the horrific human traffickers

A Gilroy couple has been charged with human trafficking after forcing a man to work 15-hour shifts seven days a week for no pay at their liquor store and then locking him inside the store overnight, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said Monday.
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Friday, November 13, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-13-2020: Closing restaurants and bars is NOT the solution to fixing the spread of COVID-19
During his most recent scolding of Ohio's citizens, Governor DeWine threatened to close restaurants and bars if the state's Covid numbers don't quickly improve. He figures if people can't behave responsibly he'll close the places they are mass-congregating to slow the spread.
If the current trend continues and cases keep increasing, we will be forced to close restaurants, bars, and fitness centers. We will look at this one week from tomorrow.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) November 11, 2020
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-12-2020: Breaking down the potential liabilities in Ohio’s new mask rules

- Each business will be required to post a Face Covering Requirement sign (version 1 / version 2) at all public entrances of the store.
- Each business will be responsible for ensuring that customers and employees are wearing masks.
- A new Retail Compliance Unit, comprised of agents led by the Bureau of Workers' compensation, will inspect to ensure compliance.
- First violations will receive a written warning, and a second will result in a 24-hour closure of the business.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-11-2020: Working in an office instead of working from home doubles the risk of contracting COVID-19

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Four Years
November third 2020
Sitting anxiously on my bedroom floor
I've got other things to worry about
Like how I did on my test today
But rather than worrying about my grades
I'm afraid my rights are gonna get taken away
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Monday, November 9, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-9-2020: COVID-19 and no-fault attendance policies

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Friday, November 6, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-6-2020: Accountability

If your business's COVID-19 rules are to have any meaning, you need to be prepared to stand behind them with discipline and even termination if necessary. These are important safety rules that are absolutely necessary to beat back this virus, especially as cases are spiking and we are hitting record numbers on a daily basis.
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
Coronavirus Update 11-5-2020: OSHA levies $2 million in COVID-related citations and penalties

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020
If you care about the future of democracy, then we have to count every single vote
As I type at 6:30 am on the morning after, we still don't know who won the presidency. There are 9 states and 87 electoral votes undecided, and few of those states (Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania) will ultimately determine the winner.
Yet, in the wee hours of the morning, Donald Trump took to a White House podium and stated his clear and unambiguous intent to go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting of outstanding votes, which he says is "a fraud on the American public."
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Monday, November 2, 2020
Music will get my through the next few days (I hope) — my survival playlist
There is no doubt that life is stressful right now. Between the exponentially and dangerously rising COVID-19 numbers (and the unwillingness of enough of us to take the basic health and safety measure to tame them and protect us all) and the election (which literally feels like the future of our nation is on the ballot) I'm bundle of nerves.
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Friday, October 30, 2020
Coronavirus Update 10-30-2020: I’m tired

Me? I'm tired.
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Coronavirus Update 10-29-2020: The Dodgers might be World Series winners, but they’re COVID-19 losers

Why then was Turned allowed to join his team on the field (maskless no less) to celebrate their victory?!
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Coronavirus Update 10-28-2020: The 10th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the whistleblower whacker

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Time to make sure your business has an Election Day plan. #vote

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Results—Would you boycott a business based on the candidate it supports? #vote
The results are. Thank you to the 244 of you took the time to answer my question: Would you boycott a business based on the candidate whom it (or, more accurately, its ownership) supports for President in this election?
The results:
Yes = 58.6%No = 41.4%
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Friday, October 23, 2020
Coronavirus Update 10-23-2020: Please stop telling me that we all just need to get on with living our lives

The general theme of my pro-Halloween opponents was some combination of—if you don’t feel safe stay home in your basement; and we need to live our lives. People felt comfortable expressing this opinion even after others had commented about family members COVID-19 had killed.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Coronavirus Update 10-22-2020: New CDC guidance will result in A LOT more employee absences
Yesterday, the CDC made a key update to its COVID-19 guidance. It made a significant change to the definition of "close contact."
Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (individual exposures added together over a 24-hour period) starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated."
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Would you boycott a business based on the candidate it supports?
Over the weekend I got into an interesting discussion on Twitter with a couple of my favorite musicians, Brendon Benson and Caitlin Rose. Here's the question:
would you boycott an artist or actor based on the candidate for whom their voting, in this POTUS election?
— Brendan Benson (@brendanbensongs) October 18, 2020
I'd like to expand this topic further and ask, Would you boycott a business based on the candidate whom it (or more accurately, its owner) supports for president in this election?
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
PLEASE don’t tell your employees which candidate to vote for

Florida company's president warns employees their jobs could be in danger if Trump loses election
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