MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS provides an opportunity to recognize the constructive role that the business community plays in addressing the mental health needs of workers and highlights practical new opportunities to improve the lives of our colleagues and their families. COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption of business for employers, but its impact may be even greater […]
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State drops quarantine for close COVID contacts in schools, childcare
IN A SIGN of the continually evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Public Health on Wednesday quietly updated its guidelines for educational settings to no longer require children to quarantine if they are asymptomatic but exposed to COVID, even if they are unvaccinated. The change in guidance will affect schools, camps, and […]
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We have a problem in aisle 5
Everyone knows what it’s like these days to be inside a supermarket, but few people know what it’s like to be in the shoes of the essential workers who keep those stores running. On the Codcast, Boston-based Stop and Shop employee Jose Lopes and Whole Foods worker Dan offered their assessment of the risks they […]
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‘Nip’ ban having an impact in Chelsea
CHELSEA’S BAN on “nip” liquor bottles – the only one of its kind in the state — appears to be having the desired effect. In the year since the city banned sale of the tiny 50-ml bottles of hard liquor, public drunkenness has diminished, alcohol-related ambulance responses are way down, and there has been a reduction […]