Southwest Airlines 'aggressively hiring' with plans to fill 5K spots by yearend
Southwest faced a significant loss earlier this month from flight cancellations, customer refunds and "gestures of goodwill."
American, Southwest pilots urged to end vaccine-mandate talk in the cockpit, focus on flying
The Allied Pilots Association and Southwest Airlines Pilots Association cited a significant increase in reports to the Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) about distractions in the cockpit, including discussions about the airlines' vaccine mandates.
DeSantis calls business vaccine mandate a 'stab in the back,' moves to counter orders
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he feels betrayed by business-mandated vaccinations during a Thursday press conference and vowed to call legislators back to counter the orders.
Unvaccinated Apple corporate employees must get COVID test every day: report
Every unvaccinated employee, including those who haven't disclosed their vaccine status, will reportedly have to get tested each day before entering an office building.
United exec warns passengers booking flights on airlines without vaccine mandates
During a third-quarter earnings call, the airline's executives, including CEO Scott Kirby, touted that customers can "book with confidence" with United.
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 booster 95.6% effective against disease: study
A 30-microgram booster dose showed a relative vaccine efficacy of 95.6% in individuals who had previously received the Pfizer/BioNTech primary two-dose series, the companies announced.
Biden's stimulus plan fueling inflation surge, San Francisco Fed analysis shows
A $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that President Biden signed into law earlier this year is likely stoking inflation, according to new research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco this week.
The top industries for work-life balance
Industries ranging from tech to real estate are "reassuring job seekers that they can still find strong work-life balance," according to the report.
Advocate Aurora Health fires more than 400 workers over lack of vaccinations: reports
Health care company Advocate Aurora Health has fired more than 400 employees because they haven’t been vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to reports.
Moderna and J&J Covid-19 boosters, mixing and matching, authorized by the FDA
U.S. health regulators significantly widened the nation’s Covid-19 booster campaign, clearing use of extra doses of Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and also saying people can get a shot that is different from what they had previously received.
Supply chain snarls, labor shortage slowing economic growth, Fed's Beige Book says
U.S. economic growth slowed in the fall as supply chain disruptions and a growing labor shortage weighed on the nation's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new Federal Reserve report.
Yellen on US labor shortage: Businesses may have to pay more, but it's 'good for workers'
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that U.S. employers, particularly those in the service sector, may need to boost pay in order to combat a worsening labor shortage, but said rising wages are a good thing for American workers.
Unvaccinated American Airlines flight attendants won't immediately be fired if they miss deadline, union says
Following a meeting with management and labor leaders, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants told members in a Monday notice that officials "exploring accommodations that would allow employees to continue to work."
Novavax stock tanks on report of COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing troubles
The potential production problems with Novavax's vaccine could hamper the efforts of the COVAX initiative, which forecast in September that it will be able to provide low and middle-income countries 1.425 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to by the end of the year and 2 billion doses by the first quarter of 2022.
GE, Union Pacific mandate COVID-19 vaccine for US workers
Boeing Co., International Business Machines Corp. and Raytheon Technologies Corp. are other federal contractors that have already announced Covid-19 vaccine mandates for their U.S. staff.
OSHA to take steps to revoke safety authority from 3 GOP states over noncompliance with COVID rules
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said Tuesday that Arizona, Utah, and South Carolina could lose their state-based authority to oversee workplace safety due to their unwillingness to adopt certain COVID-19 rules relating to health care workers.
AMC CEO teases change to movie chain's business model, but mum on details
Adam Aron shares with Fox Business that AMC will soon undergo a meaningful change to its business model
Popular kitchenware maker may be forced to sell if supply chain issues persist
Susan Castriota is dealing with shipment delays and increased manufacturing costs, which have significantly hindered her ability to sell during pivotal seasons.
127 Washington state police employees terminated for refusing to comply with vaccine mandate
More than 100 Washington State Patrol employees were terminated after refusing to comply with the state’s vaccine mandate.
Southwest Airlines scraps plans to put unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave
Earlier this month, Southwest became the latest airline to require its employees to get inoculated by Dec. 8, although it still gave employees the option to apply for medical or religious exemptions.



















