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Chef David Burke will likely temporarily close his New York business because he’s “losing too much money.”

More than a dozen states submitted legal briefs this week to weigh in on a petition that New Hampshire filed with the court in October to stop Massachusetts from taxing residents working remotely.

On Tuesday, the Democrat tweeted to his followers that the company's employees were working under risky conditions, leaving them susceptible to the coronavirus, while being denied paid sick leave and hazard pay.

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits remained elevated last week amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.

Investors will get several economic reports including jobless claims, income & spending and new home sales

As part of the new package, the airline industry will receive $15 billion for passenger air carriers and $1 billion for contractors to be exclusively used for employee wages, salaries, and benefits. In order to be eligible, airlines must agree to avoid furloughs or pay and benefit reductions until March 31. Airlines are also required to recall employees involuntarily furloughed between Oct. 1 and the date the airlines agree to the bill's rules. 

Although Congress passed a long-awaited coronavirus relief bill on Monday night that will extend unemployment benefits to millions of laid-off Americans, some could still lose their income the day after Christmas.

New York restaurateur Tyler Hollinger argues the latest stimulus relief bill isn’t enough for the restaurant industry.

Pharmacies big and small were laying off pharmacists as recently as summer as the profession's outlook grew dim. Now some of those same pharmacies and supermarkets are making public pleas.

"My skip-level manager, a white woman, told me VERBATIM that the way I speak (oftentimes with a heavy Baltimore accent) was a disability that I should disclose when meeting with folks internally," April Christina Curley wrote. "This white woman also told me that she never felt comfortably supporting my work because she was “intimidated” by me and therefore never considered me for leadership opportunities."

The notice comes just after the company announced it was looking to rapidly hire thousands of employees to help administer COVID-19 vaccines following Food and Drug Administration approval. 

As health care workers and the elderly began receiving the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine this week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released updated guidelines Wednesday that clarify employers can require employees to get the vaccine when it becomes widely available in most cases.